New-York tribune., 1922-02-11

NSH'NN wv, fcb. 1D ( by he A.
soc lated Press The arms conference
treaties submitted for ratification to-
day by President Harding arc declared
by the American delegation in it's re-
port to him 10 rest upon a new inter
natl ona "statc of mind" which sub
stitutcs mutual faith for suspicion and
apprehension
Tho rcr" /. ninety page printed
document was laid before the Senate
by Mr.. Harding along with the trca-
tics. 1t reviews tho conference ncgo-
t'at'ons, contains abstracts OF the
! treaties and resolutions approved, and
quotes at length from various "dccla
rafions' and speeches made in com
n'ttcc or r'cnary session and pre-
Niously published.
Consider Them As Whole
Summarizing the results Of the con-
terence, the delegation declares that to
appralsc correctly the accomplishments
/ they must all be considered as whole.
sincc each contributes 70 combna
ton OF conditions "ln which peaceful
security viii take the place Of com
! pct','ve preparation for war The
f. cuU1IHdIN CoNilnUc..
"'The declared object wa~ in it's
nava aspect. to stop the ,acc OF com
pctitivc hu,lding Of wa~shins. Com
petlt'vc armament however is the re-
! suit Of d state Of mind in which a ma
tional expectation Of attack by some
other country causes preparation to
meet the attack. To stop competition
it is necessary to deal with the state
! OF M md from u-hi
llcf IN the pacific intentions Of other
powers must be substituted for aus-
picion and apprehension
New State Of Mind
The negotiations which led 10 the
iour-powcr treaty were tho proccss Of
attaining that new statc Of mind and
the tour power treaty itself was the
expression OF that new state Of mind
~ term mated the Anglo-Japanesc al
nance and substituted friendly confer
onco in place Of vars as the first 70
action from any controversies which
might arise in the region Of the Pa
enc. II would not have been poSrih,c
! tScept a rart of plan including 4
limitation ard reduction of naval
armamcnta. bnt that limitation and
REDUCTION would not have been possible
without tho new relations established
by TIC four power treaty or something
equivalent to it,
"The new relations declared in the
| 1our-poVcr treaty could not. however,
inspire confidence or be reasonably a.
sured Of continuance without spcc;Gc
understanding AS to the relations OF
thc powers TO China. Such an undor-
standing had two aspects. One related
TO securing fnircr treatment Of China
and the other related TO the competition
tor trade and industrial advantages in
CHINA between the outside powers
China Protected
"An agreement covering both these
grounds in rather fundamental way
was embodied in the rst article of the
genera power treaty regarding
China. In order. however. to bring rhc
rules set out IN that article out Of tho
realm of mere abstract propositions and
make them practical rules Of conduct
~ was necessary 20 provide for apply
ing them so Car rs the present cond,-
tons Of government and social order in
China permit. This was done by the
remaining provisions Of the general
ninc-power treaty and Chinese Gus
toms treaty and the series of formal
resolutions adopted by the conference
~ IT'S plcnary sessions and the formal
declarations made a part of the record
OF tne conference.
nc sum total Of the action taken
IN the conference regarding China just
ihes the relation of confidence and
goodwill expressed in the 'f,nr1 fonr'nowor nnp
treaty and upon which the reduction OF
armament provided in the naval treaty
may be contemplat ted with a sense OF
securty"
AT the beginning Of the report *bc
delegation rccounts The diplomatic
steps leading up to the conference.
quotes from the Presidents opening
address and sets forth the manner in
which the conference was organized.
II says TINS regarding publicity:
while the sessions Of the commit
tees we're not public. complete record
was kept OF all their proceedings and
al the close of each session of the
committees on armament and on Pa
c'fc and Far Eastern questions. re-
spcctlvcly, communinue was made TO
thc press, which generally stated all
that had taken place in the committee.
and IN all cases set forth whatever
matters Of Importance had received at
t~nt,on. Thus full publicity was given
Specific Subjects
Excerpts from the report. as it
touched on specific subjects under
ueSOtlatloH, IOlJOW:
Limitation Of Land Armament
at was recognized at the outset tha
1t would be { ficuIt. if not impossible,
to provide Z his conference for the
limitation OF :and forces. So far as
fne army Of The United States e con-
cerned, there was no question pre-
scented. The British Empire has also
reduced its land forces TO a minimum.
The situation on the Continent WAS vi
vidly depicted in an eloquent address
by M. BRAND"
(Herc follow quotations from the
address Of Premier BRAND. setting
tnrth Frances reluctance to reduce her
army and from addresses by Senator
Schanzer for Italy and Baron Kato for
Japan.)
"Furthcr consideration made it quite
GEAR that no agreement for the Emita-
tion Of land forces could be bad at this
time"
ut was obvious that no agreement
tor limitation was possible if the
powers were not content to take as
basis their actual existing naval
strength. 1t was impossible to termi
nate competition in naval armament if
the powers were to condition their