The Mankato free press., 1922-02-03
FINAL WINDUP
iContlnued From Page Onel

Shantung settlement announced at
yesterdays plenary session along
with the naval treaty and other Far
Eastern agreements. When it would
be signed was regarded as uncertain.
London Press Comments.
London, February 2,--Appreciation
of the approval by the Washington
conference of the naval treaties and
the Shantung agreement was voiced
today by the newspapers.
News of yesterdays developments
was displayed prominently by the
Times, which said e6itorially: "Yes-
terday promised to be great day for
all time in the history of the world.
XXX. The main body policy of Presi-
dent Harding and Secretary Hughes
has substantially fulfilled, and fulfilled
by the means wnicn they had the wis
dom and courage to choose for its at
tainment.
They have gained an immense per-
sonal triumph, but the pride and joy
they may rightly feel in uniting their
names to diplomatic success so
brilliant and unprecedented are small
insignificant when compared with the
heartfelt satisfaction they must feel
at the moral greatness of the deed
they have done with the American
people Dehlnd them. XXX
Times Expresses Regrets.
After paying tribute to .Japan's
"sagacity and broadmindness" and to
the head of the French delegation, M.
Sarraut, for his protest, which it
thinks should help clear France i'll
American eyes from suspicious which
were never felt by the British" The
Times expressed regret. that "the
naval treaty is not all that America
and Great Britain hoped it might be, "
because of the failure to limit suffi-
cientIy the construction and posses :
sion Of submarines and auxiliary craft.
The Westminster Gazette made the
same point in regard to submarines.
1t admitted that important restric-
tions have been adopted, and with
sincerity" adding, however, that "such
rules have been made, before and
then broken. There is only one way
to deal with the submarines, namely,
to scrap it,"
Hope To End Session This Week
Its naval discussions concluded ana
the results written into treaty form,
the arms conference turned its full
attention to the Far Eastern situation
against today with the hope Of bring
ing the Washington negotiations fin-
ally to an end this week.
The famous twenty one demands"
was the immediate business before
the Far Eastern committee and at
the same time, a sub committee met
to try for a compromise on the Cnl-
nese eastern railway program.
Meantime, a possibility developer
that the Far Eastern decisions of the
conference might be put into three
treaties instead Of two, bringing the
total number of covenants to result
from the negotiations here, to ninc,
Some conference leaders want to
write a treaty on the four Root prin-
ciples, and the open door, another
on customs arrangements in China
and a third to cover other Far East
ern resolutions adopted by the con-
ference.
Hold PIenary Session Saturday
that every effort was being made
with prospects of success to clear up
the work of the conferences this
week It is hoped to hold plenaTy
session Saturday when the remaia
ing treaties will be presented to the
full conference, and receiving the
approval of the delegations will
mark the end of the conference pro-
per. On Monday following the heads
OF the delegations would gather in
the state department and formally
sign all of the treaties remaining.
AS a result of an inquiry made by
the Netherlands government notes
are now being drafted and directed to
that government and to the govern
.ment of Portugal, assuring them that
they are included in all of the guar
antees contained in the four power
Pacific treaty. Therefore formal ad-
herence of these two governments to
che treaty is held to be unnecessary.