Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1922-02-08
ARMAMENT CONFERENCE
CLOSES ITS LAB0RS
Last Real Work Completed Saturday
But Monday Was Taken for
Farwell Speeches.

The last real work Of the Limitation
of Armaments Conference, called b.
President Harding to meet at Wash
ington City, was completed Saturday
however a part of Monday was con
sumed in farwell speeches and hant
shakings of the delegates before leav
ing for their respective homes. Fol
lowing is brief summary of the sue
cesses and failues of the conference
The Successes
A hve-power naval limitation treaty
junking % great capital ships-hali
the dreadnaught force OF the world
poviding for practical ten-year
naval building holiday, and calling for
a fixed battleship ratio among the
powers.
A four-p power Pacific treaty, scrap
ping the Anglo-Japanese alliance
one of the principal aims OF the
United States in the conference and
designed to preserve the peace OF the
Pacific
A ive-power treaty banning the use
of submarines against merchant ship
ping in time of war, and prohibiting
the use of poison gas in warfare.
A nine power treaty on China,
carrying the most sweeping pledges
ever made to rescpct that country as
a sovereign state and to make the
open door fact instead of vague
principle.
A China Japanese treaty, embody-
ing a direct settlement between jap
an and China for the return of the
ancient province of Shantung-or at
least that part Of it held by Japar-
to China.
A nine power treaty on the Chinese
customs tariff providing for revisions
upward fthe schedules Of Chinese
customs duties, which, it is estimated
will bring China an increased teve-
nue. OF nearly $5oooo,ooo annually.
Then, there are many other actions
OF the conference on questions con-
cerning China, which will all un-
,doubtedlv tend to clear up the tan
gled situation in that country, such
as the resolutions for creating a
board of refernece in China to which
various questions will be submitted
for investigation and report; the res.
olution looking to eventual withdrawal
of foreign troops from China; the
resolution for withdrawal of foreign
postoffices from China, and the res
olution for an investigation OF the
extra territorial system in China wath
view to abolition OF this practice.
The Failures.
Inability because of the attitude OF
France. to place definite Limitation
upon submarine forces of the tvc
GREAT powers, in the naval lirltataon
treaty.
A similar failure 10 place deh-
mite limitation on forces OF auxiliary
craft, light cruisers and so forth, TINS
being a direct result OF the inability
to limit submarines. as the auxiliary
forces are needed for defensive pur-
poses agaInst SumarineS.
Failure to take any steps to limit
the armies Of the world this also
having been due 10 the attitude OF
France. However. the American gov
ernment was newer confident that
much good worid be done in placing i
a limitation upon land forces.
The results of the confer
ence on the questions of Japan's Fl
demands to China and tn eJapanese
military occupa ION Of part OF the ST.
IBERIA are considered as partly sue
cess mad partly failure.
Japan Withdrew the famous Group
V" of xhe demands, and certain of :.
rer special rights in South Manchura
and inner MONGOLIA. but the demands
we're not completely wiped out Japan
also promised eventually TO with
iraw from Siberia, but no definite
late for such evacuation was set. !.
There will be nine treaties r,
# Washington signed here. In ad- a
ition go the ahove-nanled treaties !,
here is a suvflen1e 7tal treaty ex- !,
ludine the ma i,,1ard OF japan from =
he application OF the fifr,e power r.
reaty, also there will be two treaties " ~
one setting the Y1p island contro. o.
ersv between tho U7ited States and k
apan. and the other Being an agree A,
,ent between the five great powers q,
nd Holland for disposirg OF the fap
,bles. These last two settlements =,
owever, are only incidental to the =;
inference.