The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-03
ARMS CONFERENCE PLANS ID ADJOURN SINE DIE SATURDAY
Final Committee Action Today on Far Eastern Treaties Hope of Delegates to
 Washington Farley
By Associated press

Washington, February 2. Ad- journment sine die of the nrmame n' limitation conference is planned snt- given delegates tonight. It Is hoped to have final committee action to- morrow on the far eastern treaties and conclude all questions before the conference at n pleniary session Sat urday.
 Japan met China part way today on the latters request for abandon ment of the celebrated "twenty-one demands' program of 1915.
 Taking the center or the stage as the final scene of the arms confer enee began, the Japanese announced that their government was ready to give up entirely five of the de mands," which China has held was calculated to rob her of her sover- eighty and to make further conces- sions regarding economic privileges and political and military preferences in Manchuria and Mongolia.
 China to Reply Today
 Tomorrow China Is to reply in a statement that is expected to bring the far eastern negotiations to an end and on Saturday the Washington conference will probably adjourn sine die after a preliminary session for formal adoption of the far east ern treaties.
 demands" the last topic remaining on the far east agenda of the oon- ference. began in the far eastern com mittee after hope of an adjustment Of the Chinese Eastern railway situ- alton had been abandoned and a res olution adopted merely declaring that arrangements for better protection of the road should be worked out in the future through the regular dip- lomatic channels. The powers other than China appended a joint declara- ton of Chinese responsibility for ful- fillment Of her obligations to for eign stockholders of the road.
 Japan s statement on the demands" was presented by Baron Shidehara who argued that the Chinese request for abrogation of the treaties and agreements resulting from the 1915 program could not be supported by plea of Individuality. because the agreements were entered into by China in the exercise of her full powers AS a sovereign state. To question treaties because they were made under duress, he said, would be to challenge the validity of many Of the most important existing in- ternational eoncords throughout the world. He excused the delivery of an ultmatum to China. just before her partial acceptance of the "de- mands.' as an exnedient to bring the prolonged negotiations to an end.
 Ahnodnce Conre ssIons
 Three concession were announced by Baron Shidehara, one relating to group five and the others to the sit- nation in Manchuria and Mongolia Japan was ready he said. to with draw the reservation attached to the Chinese-Japanese treaty of 1915, under which she retained the right to press further in the future the unaccepted group five One of the other concessions will open up South Manchuria and eastern inner Mon- golia to the international consortium that Japan has no Intention of in- sisting that Japanese advisors be em- ployed in these territories, in poIit- ical. financial military or police mat ters.
 The famous group five. thus cast into the discard after it had been the center of the demands" eontro- versy for the past six years would have required China 10 employ Jap- anese political, financial and military advisors In her central government. give to Japan the right to jointly police with China certain important Chinese areas, establish in China a joint Chinese Japanese arsenal and grant to Japan important mining and railroad concessions. These require ments, the Chinese declared would mean the end of Chinese sovereignty.