The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-31
TAPS AND CHINESE
 AGREE ON PLAN AS. URGED BY HARDING.
Text of Naval Pact Completed by Committee of Fifteen and Will Be Proclaimed
 to World Wednesday
By Associated Pre..

Washington, January 31.--Japan and China virtually settled their long standing feud over Shantung today while the plenipotentiaries of the five great naval powers were coming into final agreement on the treaty 4y which they are to limit their sea power in capital ships.
 The mediatory proposal supported by President Harding was the final basis on which tho Japanese and Chinese agreed in principle, after fl seven-hour sessions of the shantung negotiations and although some details of phraseology remain to be worked out final settlement is ex- pected by tomorrow night.
 The naval treaty text finally was completed at a meeting of the naval committee of 15 and a plenary session of the arms conference was called for Wednesday to announce the covenant to the world. The Qualifications arr ticle. the iast remaining problem. was settled by an agreement under which the Notifications "statua quo" in the Pacifio is to include the American Aieutian ISiands as well as the Bonin Island group of Japan
 To Be Approved Today
 Tomorrow the naval committee of tho whole ia to give It's formal ap- proval of the treaty, in preparation for Wednesdays plenary sessions, and the far eastern committee also is to lVneet to begin a cleanup of the few Chinese questions ssmaining unds- cided. With shantuns out of the way the collateral tissues are expected to take bat . few days.
 In their discr ssionr today, which lasted from midafternoon until late at night, the. Japanese and Chinese centered their attention upon the key problem of the Tsingtao- -Tsinan- tu railroad, with which "the good of- fices" of President Harding. Secre- tary Hughes and Arthur J. Balfour lad concerned themselves The pro- posal given approval in substances provided that China pay for the rail- road In 16-year treasury notes with five-year option. and that Jap aness experts be retained during the payment period in some departments of road administration but under Chinese superior official.
 Hope for Early Completion
 The Japanese Chinese controversy will be resumed tomorrow and it is the hope of some, of the delegates that the agreement will be in such definite form that it can be announced un the following days when the con ference assemblies for it's first public session since December 10.
 1t is the expectation of conference officials that the plenary session called for Wednesday morning will he followed by another in the after nNon of the same day in order to N1ng up to date the formal ratifica- ton of various decisions reached in the arnaments and far eastern com mittees. A dozen of the resolutions relating to China have received com mittee approval only, and the Root submarine declarations also await the official sanction of the conference roper.
 With the naval treaty and Shantung definitely out of the way, only very
  the way of a final adjournment Of the conference. Noise of these prom ise to take very long. and some of the delegates believe they may be on their way home by the end of the week.
 Among the subjects yet to go through both the committee and con ference stages of agreement are the proposal to prohibit importation Of arms into China, a settlement re- earding the Chinese Eastern railway, a declaration regarding leased ter ritories in China, the Chinese request for abrogation of the "21 demands treaties. and a general resolution re- Jating to land armament. In most oi these virtual decisions have been reached in formal exchanges be- tween delegation heads. although tn. Chinese Eastern railway prob lem is developing considerable diff fculty because of Chinese objection ,xto proposed methods of financing and policing.
 It was revealed today that the
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