Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-01-25
BOWLING ALONG
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ton Of the treaty text for many dav,
Under the settlement. the Britiss
! plan of defining a latitude and lonpi'
/ tude boundary for the status ON,
is replaced by the japanese sugges.
tion that instead there be a list bv
name, Of the islands which must No,
be further fortified. The Japanoso
agreed that the japanese BON,
group should be included under ,hn
prohibition.
A further cause for delay deyeI.
oped however when the Japanesa
plenipotentiaries declared their do.
sire to submit the Notifications AZ.
ticle in exact phraseology to Tok,o
for approval. The Toxic officials al.
ready have agreed to all but tbs
minor details of wording and a fav
orable reply is expected within fcv
days.
|. In the Shantung negotiations he.
tween the Japanese and Chinese !,
became apparent that outside prcs.
sure for settlement was increasinr
as the two groups met to clear away
various miAor details of the points q,
which they already have agreed. The
question of the Tsingtao Tsinarfp
railroad. now virtually the cnly undo.
termined issue. was not touched uno,
at the meeting. but IL was actiyely
under consideration in American ana
British quarters because OF tho OK.
ercise of good Offices by Slcre;arv
Hughes and Arthur j. BalfOur. n,
conference officials in close touch
with the progress of the American.
British compromise effort. It was
said tonight that a settlement was
virtually near" Both japanese and
Chinese refused to make prediction,
but they showed evidence of will.
insncss to resume the railroad dis.
cussions directly as a result Of the
developments of the last few days
| Meantime, efforts TO hiring S-ra or.
ial sentiment TO bear TO hasten IN,
Shantung negotiations failed after
short debate on the subject on ihe
senate floor. Without Il record vote
the senate rejected the resolution of
Senator Walsh. Democrat. Mopiarl
asking President Harding FOR n.of.
iffdtioii w 'iit i'i'SiNsS w lUE fA-
changes taking place between the
japanese and Chinese as a side issn
of the conference.
Tonight President Harding. Secret
tary Hughes and republican Leaders
of the senate and house committees
that concern themselves with foreigr
relations had a long conference AZ
the White House. and although ihs
purpose was not announced ~ Nss
assumed thai plans were talked o,e-
for congressional action tp comolc,,
the American commitments figuring
in the arms conference program Tn
President has announced that he in
tends to send all the conference ir,a.
ties to the senate for ratification soor
after the negotiations erd. and u hr
been indicated that the adm.nisiu.
tion might also ask for vote Of ap
proval by the house.
Secretary Hughes presentation II
the American attitude toward SiL,u.
was in a prepared statement read
J the Far Eastern committee ~ thI
beginning OF today's session II ~.
pressed special qualification with tht!
Japanese pledge, presented Nosic.1
day, against infringement on the ief.
!, ritorial integrity OF Russia. In bot.
japanese and American quarters sat.
isfaction was expressed tonight o,tfl
the outcome but the observers sssi'
to Washington by the unrccoguIal
Far Eastern republic of Ch,ia. s.
IBERIA. took another fling ut the jap
anese by issuing a formal siatemef
declaring there could he no stab.
government in the occupied tCrritorI
until apan had Withdrawn II ar
disorders now are taking place. th
statement said, they are dut 10 y
presence of the apancse troops an.
their cruel and selfish policy"
At today's session of the Far Eas'
crn committee the topic Of "m1r
dated islands" also was wiped of Il. |
conference agcnda, Secretary Hughs'
explaining that when the sub iect va,
listed, the zap controversy betwcGI
the United States ana apan had nC
been settled. A resolution proposni
to prohibit importations of arms an
ammunition into China was present
ed by Mr.. Balfour. but was wtt.V
drawn for the time being when IN
Italian and Netherlands dclceati0u
asked for delay To consult fhsil
governments. An abstract ~ tt
Russo Chinese alliance which NI
pired in 1911 was put into the rec
ord by the Chinese but was not dt
cussed.
Whcn the committee adjourned ",
tomorrow it was considering res1lsl
tion by Elihu Root to create a. in,hr
national commission for stud NJ ,N
wireless communication problem
China. 1t would replace i-op
left before to delegates hv Rene
vani. former head OF the Fr,r-h dec
CATION. and would leave n y der d " 7.
erection than the Nivianl dfar IN
tcrmining future questions ot pol'
The Shantung negotiations pro
were adjourned tonight until Trprs''
in order 10 give free field tomoro'
for discussions of other conference -
sues.
IL was indicated that thu bob fo
the-scenes effort to secure q '"ni'
mise on the railroad problem Won
continue actively.
AT today's session the japanese o.
Chinese groups discussed subjects =
lated to land along the RAILWAY an
It's telegraph line and private cla"
in the former German loaschold
was agreed that the telegraph Proper
was part of the railroad anl SET
ment of this question was n'd
with any settlement reached "n 'll
question.
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