The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-02-09
SIX PACTS PAVE
ROAD TO PEACE
ARMS CONFERENCE COMPLETES
TASK AFTER TWELVE
WEEKS WORK
DISARMAMENT IS LEADING FEATURE
Intricate Problems of China and the
Pacific are Settled by a
Series Of Treaties

Six completed treaties, two others
agreed to in substance, il resolutions
and 10 separate or joint declarations
Of national policy, comprise the for
NAL and tangible contribution Of the
armament reduction conference ne-
gotiations to history.
These are the six treaties which the
II weeks Of negotiations have been
brought to final completion.
"First-Naval limitation treaty, by
which the United States, Great Bri.
tain, Japan, France and Italy agree
and SO limit future construction that
after a 1O-year building holiday, their
strength will remain at SCI, 900 tons,
525, 900, 315, 900, $4,000 and 175. 900
respectively. The respective tonnage
Of airplane carriers Is limited to 1885,
900 tons each for the United States
and Great Britain, $1,000 tons for
Japan and GO, 1000 tons each for France
and Italy. Individual capital ships
are to be no larger than IS, 1000 tons
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inches.
Aircraft carriers are limited similar
ly to $1,000 tons and auxiliary craft
to 10000 tons, and neither can carry
a gun larger than eight inches. A
Notifications Status quo" is set up
in the Pacific, under which the United
States agrees not to fortify further
the Philippines and Guam, and Japan
agrees to observe the same r~estric-
ton in Formosa, the Bonins and the
Pescadores.
"Second-The submarine and poison
gas treaty, to which the same five
powers are ~signatories. BY it's terms
the powers agree as among them
selves, not to use submarines "as
commerce de%stroyers," in all cases to
observe the rules of visit and search
and to regard rs a pirate any sub
marine who violates existing law. AS
among themselves they outlaw use of
poison gas altogether.
"Third-The four power Pacific
treaty, by which the United States,
Great Britain and France and Japan
agree to respect one another's rights
in relation to their insular possessions
in the Pacific and to meet in c~onsulta-
ton whenever those rights are
threatened. The Anglo-Japanese al
lance automatically is ~abrogated when
the new treaty finally is ratified.
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treaty between the United States,
Great Britain, Japan, France, Italy,
China. Belgium, Portugal and the
Netherlands, binding each to respect
China's integrity; the open door policy
is to be applied in detail, and every op.
portunity is to be given the Chinese
people to develop a stable govern
ment. 1t is agreed that no contracts
violating them are to be upheld, that
discrimination practises in the Chinese
railways are to end, and that China's
rights as a neutral are to be respected
in future wars.
"Fffth-The Chinese tariff treaty.
adhered to by the same nine nations.
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an immediate revision of Chinese Gus.
toms duties as a basis Of 5 per cent,
effective and periodical r~evisions
thereafter, together with changes
which will permit, imposition OF sur
taxes.
"Sixth-The S%hantung treaty, be-
tween Japan and China, by which
Shantung is restored to Chinese con-
troll.
by one of the incompleted treaties
agreed to in substance, Japan gives
the United States the long sought
cable and wireless privileges on the
island Of zap, and by the other the
five principal powers and The Meth
erlands allocate the former German
owned cables in the Pacific so that
one goes to the United States, one
to Japan and n to The Netherlands"