South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-11
HARDING PLANS
TO SUBMIT ALL
PACTS AT ONCE
Senate Will Receive All Trea-
ties Coming From Arms
Limitations Conference.
WORKING ON DETAILS
Delegates Make Plans for Re-
turning Home in Latter
Part of Month.
By Associated Press.


By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-Except
for details OF the Pacific fertilization
agreement and a half dozen lesser
questions OF phraseology the five
power naval limitation treaty was
put into final form Tuesday at a con-
ference Of the heads OF the Ameri-
can. British. Japanese. French and
Italian delegations.
The question OF geographical scope
was understood TO be the chief point
remaining unsettled in the fortiiica-
tions status quo" in the Pacific, the
Japanese were said 10 have agreed
tentatively TO an American draft Of
the article but TO have deferred final
action until they communicated with
Toxic. As a result Of this develop
ment and other time consuming de-
tails, some Of the delegates predicted
that the full navy committee would
not be called TO act on the treaty
before Thursday or Friday and that
no plenary session TO discuss IL pub
iicly would be held until next week.
There was a consequent postpone
ment OF tentative sailing arrange
ments with indications that ma
iority OF the delegates believed the
Washington conference would last
until late in January.
Forecast Separate Treaty.
The days discussions. both among
individual delegations and at the
meeting OF the big Ave" are under
stood 10 have revealed a growing in
clination 10 exclude the submarine
and poison gas resolutions from the
naval treaty and make them the sub
ject Of a separate agreement.
Whether they viii taIs the form
of another treaty or be attached as
an annex outside the main body Of
the I'VE power pact was not finally
decided, but the impression Of many
delegates Tuesday night was that
they did not properly belong in the
same instrument with the provisions
for tonnage limitation.
Meantime the Shantung negotia-
lions which for several days have ap-
peared to be near the verge of dis
solution took a new lease on life.
Without setting for the present the
central disa gree-nent over return OF
the Using Tao-Tsinan Flu railroad
the Japanese and Chinese agreed to
resume their separate conversations
tomorrow in an attempt to clear
away other points OF difference.
Fertilization Status Up.
The question arising over article
10 is said TO relate to determination
of the status under the fortifcations
agreement OF certain small Japanese
islands lying 10 the southwark Of the
principal Japanese group. Whether
these islands are 70 be included in
the territory within which no fur
Their Notifications can be erected was
not clearly defined when the agree
ment first was effected. COnhdencS
was expressed IN Japanese circles
tonight, however. that Toxic would
approve promptly the delimitaton
agreed to tentatively by them in to-
days discussions.
So far as its principal features are
concerned there has been no change
IN the fortihCations settlement as il
was drawn up IN conjunction with
the American. British. Japanese
agreement on the 1913" capital
ship ratio. Hawaii remains exempt
from tho "statu quo" provision, but
Guam is included under il. The
problem OF determining its exact
geographical scope in other areas Of
the Pacific is one which is recogniz-
ed 10 be OF primary interest to the
United States and Japan. and the
Representatives OF other powers have
indicated their readiness to accept
any arrangement worked out by
these two.
Agreed ON Far East.
IL was said Tuesday night that lit
tie difficulty was experienced in an
agreement on the text OF the far
eastern treaty 10 be- taken up as soon
as the naval question finally is set
tied because the various far eastern
decisions Of the conference already
have been put into precise language.
The series OF the resolutions adopted
IN the course OF the far eastern ne
Ectations. including at the outset
Elihu Roots -four points probably
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