Sioux County pioneer., 1922-02-23
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT / 1 / / EVENTS ! N I
Arms Conference Ends and It's
First Results Appear inl an
Order by Denby.
STOPS WORK ON BIG SHIPS
Pope Plus xl is ca,wned In St. Pc
ter's easiIiea-secretary Weeks
Shows Flaws in Ford's Muscle
Shoals otfer-Devlsino
Revenue for Soldiers
Bonus.

Shoals offer-Devisins
Revenue for Soldiers
Bonls.
BY EDWARD w. PlcKARp
a CH1EvENfENTS Of the conference
"A on arlnaments. slgnalize new
era of understanding in which prepar-
edness for war will yield to moral pre-.
paredness for peace. said President
Harding to the delegates at their. last
session on Monday.
Your achievement is supreme" he
continued, because no seed of conflict
has been sown; no reaction in regret or
resentment ever can justify resort to
arms. You have written the first de-
5liberate and effective expression Of
great powers, in the conscientiousness
of peace, Of wars utter futility, and
challenged the sanity Of competitive
preparation for each others destruc-
ton"
Although the President made no ref
erence directly to the hope lie had pre-
viously expressed that an association
of nations would come from the con-
ference, he predicted continuance Of
international discussion to carry for
ward the work.
Before Mr.. Harding made his ad-
dress the five treaties agreed upon by
the conference were formally signed,
and when the President concluded
Secretary of State Hughes declared
the conference adjourned sine die.
Now it is up to the United States
senate to put the stamp of approval
on the work accomplished by the con-
ference. President Harding indicated
that he would transmit to it without
delay the treaties, and the steering
committee of the senate, which met
with him Tuesday evening, promised
that they should have the right Of way,
until the tariff bill is reported. The
debate probably will be prolonged, but
there seems little reason to doubt that
the treaties will be ratified.
The first tangible results of the con-
ference appeared Wednesday, when
Secretary of the Navy DENLY, under
direction Of the President, ordered the
suspension Of work on eight battle-'
ships and six battle cruisers now .un-
t5der construction, pending final action
dh the naval treaty. When the treaty
Ms been ratified the contracts for the
s,Rps will be cancelled The building
dtefations stopped by Secretary Den
hI1 order have been costing the gov
eminent about. $1,000 900 a month, OF
tic eight battleships, one will be COM
pleted later-eit1aer the West Virginia
orS the; Washington. The Colorado,
which is almost completed and Is not
Included in the list, also will be fin
isAed. Two Of the battle cruisers ara
t. be completed as airplane carriers I
cot the foreign countries represented
l6.the conference the only one where
there seems to be any organized oppo-
sfhan to the treaties Ia Japan. Baron
s2kamoto is leading the opposition in
t4e house Of peers and criticized Sc
vsrely the agreements reached. Pre-
mier Takahashi and his ministers met
tAe attack ably. The premier said
t9at the government did Rat claim tia
Conference was nm unqualified spcces4
viewed from an individual standpoint,
bit that 1t. did believe, with the other
powers, that the agreements reached
were the first step toward q real and
lasting peace and would lead to q fu
ttfe understanding for the total aboli
tten of defense equipments.
Japan, like the United States, has
stopped construction work on its new
capital ships. ss5
AOHILLE RAFTI, who was capdi.
EA nal archbishop of Milan, Yves
crawned pope under the name Of Plus
N on February -. His ascension
toAhe papal throne in st, Peters ba,
silica and assumption Of the triple
eBawn was accompanied by. all the
stately ceremony that, has grown up
about the croWning Of a pope through
the centuries Of the Catholic church's
history. d, ~
Since the new pope is an acknowl.
edged liberal and one Of the group
that supported the policies Of Benedict
XYslooking toward reconciliation be-
tween the church and the italian gov
ernment, It may be that resumption Of
relations will come during his reign.
TAils. though not esneclally desired bY
other European governments. Ii
stt6ngly favored by mapF prominent
Italian Catholics. They believe the
church would greatly benefit because
the pope would be free to visit other
countries. Americans In Rome hope
that Plus ri may even cone to this
country, the first pope ever to visit the
new world. 81 Is ss .5
Cardinal O Connell was decidedly
vexed because the choice Of. a pope
was made by the sacred college before
he and the other American cardinals
could reach Rome, and there Is talk