Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-08
5-POWER PACT
PROHIBITS USE
Of POISON CAS-
AS WAR WEAPON
MAY HOLD PLENARY
SESSION THIS WEEK
ChineSe-JapaneS9 Farley on
Shantung Is DeadIoCkedi
the Situation is Described
AS 0D6IiCat0, "

Washington, Jan 7 (by the AS
sociated Press. 1.-THE Washington
conference about completed its
armament limitation program to.
day by voting poison gas into the
discard.
As in the case of the new rules
to govern submarines, the prohibit
tion against Use Of gas We adopt
ed by the five great powers as ap-
pliCable among themselves, with
an invitation to the rest of the
world to join in the agreement.
Two Topics Left.
That left on the armament
waiting list only two topics-lim-
itation Of air craft and general re-
vision Of the rules Of warfare
and both seemed likely to be
passed over without definite ac+
tion,
An air warfare subcommittee
has reported arter much study
that limitation of alrplanes ap-
pears impracticable until a confer
ence of wider scope has been con-
vened, although it was suggested
that some restrictions on use OF
lighter than air craft might be
worth attempting,
a future world conference for
consideration Of the rules of war
also has been suggested and SEN
timent among the delegates seems
to favor it. Italy hopes to see the
present negotiations develop some
agreement against bombarding un-
fortified cities.
So far have the armament dis
cussions proceeded that some dele
cations are looking forward to
plcnary session Wednesday Oh.
Thursday to publish the compet-
cd limitation treaty and to record
further steps taken on the Far
East. In the Far Eastern discus
sions today's deliberations con-
tributed no Surrace Indication OF
progress, despite an apneal by the
chinese to Secretary Hughes and
Mr.. Balfour to suggest a way out
OF the Chinese japanese deadlock
on Shantung.
Parties Cannot Agree.
Facing a situation that both de-
scribed as delicate, 1t was appar-
ent that the two parties could aot
even agree on 4 method by which
mediation could be attempted. The
Chinese wanted to avail themselves
Of the offer of good offices" made
by Mr.. Balfour and Secretary
Hughes, but the japanese held
that such a step would be valueless
unless China was prepared to make
concessions.
A solution hinges on the meth
Cd of payment to he arranged for
China's purchase Of the Using Tao
Tsinan-Fu railroad and both sides
say they have gone as far as they
can toward a compromise. In
American quarters, however, ths
opinion Is expressed that the diff
ference is so small as to make a final
disagreement untnr kable.
Hope Not Abandoned.
1t is considered certain that Mr..
Balfour and Secretary Hughes will
use every reasonable means to
bring the two groups together.
The belief is that with the ar
mament negotiations ended, the
Far Eastern side could be wound
m in another week or ten DAYS,
That would seem to forecast a
final adjournment about two
weeks or so hence, but not so soon
as some delegates had expected.
Prince Tokugawa of the Japanese
delegation. left for Japan today, but
1t was indicated that Mr.. Balfour
was considering cancellng his
steamship reservations for next
Saturday.
If a plcnary session Is called for
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