The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-02-09
Settlement Of Shantung Contro-
versy Announced to the
Arms Conference.
NAVAL TREATY IS APPROVED
Agreements on Poison Gas. Subma.
rines and Chinese Questions Also
tndorsed-senate Passes Foreign
Debt Refunding BilI-senator
Kenyon 10 Made Federal
Circuit Judge.
BY EDWARD W. PIckARp

G ECRETARY of State Hughes and
- Arthur ]. Balfour accomplished a
great feat of zeal diplomacy last week
when they s ceeded in persuading
China and Japan to accept the compro-
mise arrangement by which the long
standing and troublesome Shantung
controversy is brought to an end. The
settlement was announced on Wednes-
day to the fifth plenary session of the
conference, and both the statesmen
voiced their personal rejoicing over II
because 1t was their own plan. Mr.. Bal
four went further and told something
that aroused the conferees to cheers
He said that Great Britain had decid-
ed TO enter at once into negotiations
for the restoration TO China of the ter
ritory of Wel-HaiWei, which II has
held under lease since the time when
Russia seized Port Arthur. Thus China
will get back sovereignty over her
most ancient and most thickly-popu-
lated province In It's entirety.
In all major details the agreement
between Japan and China is as was told
In these columns week ago. Japan
It TO get out of Tsingtao and the salt
fields within six months. and Is to give
up the Tsingtao-Tsinanfu railway with
In nine months.
The one discordant note In Washing
ton was sounded by Ma 500, represent
ative of the Canton government. He
asserted the Chinese people would not
recognize the treaty agreed upon In the
conference.
Mr.. Hughes presented to the con
ference the completed draft Of the
naval Limitation treaty with the agree
ment on Pacific fortifications, and II
was formally adopted. No material
change In the treaty as already de
tailed had been made, and the Pacific
agreement also stands In the main as
formerly described. According to the
fortifications clause the status quo
must be maintained by America IN
the Philippine and Aleutlan Islands
by Great Britain In Hongkong and the
Pacific islands east of 10 degrees
east longitude; by Japan In the kurile
Bonin and LoOchoo Islands, Amami
Oshima, Formosa and the Pescadores
In presenting the five-power nava
pact. Mr.. Hughes said:
"This treaty absolutely ends the rae,
In competition of naval armaments
| Al the same time II leaves the secur
| ity Of nations unimpaired. II Is signif
icant Of far more also, because herr
we are talking of arms In the Language
| Of peace and have taken the creates
forward step to establish the reign o.
peace"
Albert Sarraut, head OF the Frencl
delegation. took the opportunity agar
to correct mlsapprehensions concern
ing his country's naval policy. Ill
said France had appealed for onl!
what she must have to defend her
self. and added: THE camouflage,
ghost OF imperlallstic France whicl
German propaganda parades about thu
universe may still deceive u few art
less minds. but II will soon evoke moth
ing but smiles"
Elihu Root presented for approva
the Ave power treaty outlawing polsol
gas and the use OF the submarine
against merchast shipping, He ex
| plaiped that u does not undertake q
(Cestinusd - pass u