Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-01-11
Naval Limitation
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lormaily accepted by DOtn party 10
the controversy nevertheless were
working quietly for Il settlement. In
some quarters there were suggestions
! that President Harding might be ask
ed to mediate in the railroad dispute
but it was said at the White House
that SO far he had received no formal
! invitation to do SO.
| The five delegation heads came to-
gether to discuss the naval treaty
. today after each national group had
detailed study of the text begun yes
terday. At the end CT three hour
session the big Five" adjourned to
meet again tomorrow morning in
agreement so far as policy was con-
/ cerned on all the provisions except
Article 10, relating to the Pacific for
tificatiOns. A half dozen other ar
ticles. it was said, remained to be fin
ally cast into legal phraseology but
none of these seemed to present any
considerable difficulties.
; The question arising over article 10
, is said to relate to determination of
the status under the Notifications
agreement of certain small Japanese
islands lying to the southwark of the
+ principal Japanese group. Whether
these islands are to be included in
the territory within which no further
Notifications can be erected was not
clearly defined when the agreement
first was effected. Confidence was .ey-
pressed in Japanese circles tonight,
however. that Toxic would approve
promptly the delimitation to the ten
tatively by them in today's discus
SiOnc.
So far as it's principal features are
concerned there has been no change
in the Notifications settlement as it
was drawn up in conjunction with the
American, British, Japanese agree
ment 5-5-3 capital ship ratio. Hawaii
remains exempt from the status
quo" provision but Guam is included
under it. The problem of deteimiti-
ing it's exact geographical scope in
other areas of the Pacific one of
which recognized to be of primary in
terest to the United States and ia
pan and the representatives of the
other powers have indicated their
readiness to accept any arrangement
that may be worked out by these two.
To support the suggestion for a
separate agreement regarding sub
marines and poison gas it is argued
thatt hese subjects not only are but
distantIy related to problems of tom
mage limitation. but that the resolu-
tons adapted by the naval committee
in respect to submarine and gas war;
faro constitute attempts to change
existing International law and there
for Should not be bound up with the
fundamentally different instrument
which is to embody the naval limita-
ton contract.
BY many Of the delegates. it is be-
lieved the separate agreement will in
clude also the resolution for creation
of commission to study the problem
of regulating aerial warfare. 1t is
possible, in addition that it'may EN-
body a general declaration of prin-
ciple, cast in the broadcast terms re-
garding land ornaments.
While the japanese wait for reply
from Toxic the five delegation heads
will go to work tomorrow on the sew
eral annexes attached to the treaty.
These include the chart detailing Low
and when requirements are to be
made in the capital ship fleets of the
powers. a subject on which the dele
cations are agreed in principles. but
whose precise terms never have come
up for definite consideration.
Should the "big hve" deliberations
result in an agreement on all but ar
ticle 10, It is possible that the naval
committee may be called for late to-
morrow to go over completed parts of
the treaty.
It was said tonight that little diff