, 1922-02-01

in English. shah remain deposited II
tho archives Of the government of
the United States OF America. and
duly certified copies thereof will be
transmitted by that government to
each OF the ~signatory powers
Section VII-The government Of
the United States of America Will
further transmit to each OF tho non
signatory powers n duly certified
copy of the present treaty and in
vite its adherence thereto.
Any nonsignatory power may ad-
here to the present treaty by COM
municating an instrument of adher-
ence 10 the government OF the United
States OF America which will there
upon transmit TO each OF the sigma.
tory and adhering powers a certified
copy OF each instrument of adherence.
In faith whereof. the above named
plenipotentiRrics have signed tho
present treaty.
Done at the city Of Washington,
the-----------day of january, one
thousand nine hundred and twenty
two.
WASHINGTON. Feb. AT 1895 p.
m. today Secretary Hughes presented
to tho arms conference the text o.
the treaty for Limitation or naval ara
drients.
Tho entire timo OF today's pienary
session OF the conference.-the NTH N
- oourse-had been up to that mo
hent consumed with the presentation
and adoption OF cummittne resolu-
ions providing for the return OF Ger.
tain soverignties to China n the an.
founcement OF the settlement of the
Shnntung dispute.
The naval treaty was not read. but
Secretary Hughes outlined its terms
enc declared that so far as capital
ships are concerned 1.-The integrity OF
the plan proposed on behalf of the
American government has boen main.
tanned"
4 description OF the terms of the
naval limitations treaty, which win be
found in another column, outlines tho
results agreed .il.cI between "the Fig
five and The irainntic announcement
Of the American proposal by Secretary
hughes at the opening session of the
conference on November ~.
Just before the presentation Of the
naval treaty n after he resolution
affecting china had been quickly
adopted without dissent. the Shan.
tIns agreement was and
described with satisfaction by the rep.
rcsentatives of China and Japan.
Arthur ]. Balfour. heading the Brit
ish delegation, described Il a. "the
browning work of Secretary Hughes
and the representatives of China and
Japan" r. then threw another sur.
prise By the fiat announcement that
Great Britain would hard back to
China her lease on Wei Hell Wei.
Secretary Hughes, presenting the
RIVAL treaty announced he would net
read II because copies had been dis.
tributed generally.
Copies had been entrusted in confi-
denc- by the state department to ncws-
papers and press ass.t.iations, which
pledged their faith shst It would not
DO published until Il aeteaIly wa de.
hvcred. Nevertheless. some news3a-
pers served by Organization other TIM
tho A~Fsociated Prsss( published the
trstty almost an hour before It was
released. II actually was presented
and released for publication q. te:2a
p. m.
There was q ripple OF applause when
Mr.. Hughes announced the old battle
ship Oregon would be retained for non
combatant purposes because the state
Of Oregon wanted to keep It for his
tcrical and sentimental reasons.
Touching on the system of actual
scrapping of capital ships. Mr.. Hughes
said:
81 might call this the denaturing of
capital ships" The phrase was greet.
ed with laughter.
Secretary Hughes gave a somewhat
detailed review Of h principal terms
end statd that the original American
proposal as to capital ships while
charged in details. had been adopted
substantially.
THE integrity of the plan present
ed on behalf of the United States"
said Secretary Hughes, has been
maintained and the spirit in which
that proposal was mad and in which
it was received has dominated the en-
tirc negotiations. and brought them
to a very successful conclusion"
Their was applause when Mr.
Hughes said that the United States
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