The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-02-04
PARLEY LABORs
ON CHINA GIVEN
TO WORLD TODAY
Conference HoIds Last Work session
II Weeks After Opening: Two
Nine.Power Treaties Given
Announcement.
POWERS ARE PLEDGED
TO RESPECT CHINESE
Revision Of Customs and Duties
Favorino China Embodied In
New Pact; Formal Signing
TO Come on Monday.


Continental Hail.. Washington. Feb
4.-The work OF the Washington Con
ference for the Limitation OF Arma'
ments. to. remove the danger OF war
IN the far east. was placed before
the world today.
In its sixth open meeting today,
the conference held It's final work
session exactly ~ weeks from the
day II opened for business. Two
ninepower treaties on China. being
the major accomplishments OF the
deliberations on the far eastern
affairs were presented to the con.
ference.
The most important o. these
treaties embodies a set OF general
principles under which the powers
pledge themselves to respect China
The other treaty provides in de-
tailed form for the revision upward
of the Chinese Customs duties
schedule that will afford an increased
revenue Of many millions to the
Chinese government.
The general policy of the nine
power treaties on China contains
four Root principles regarding China
and the sweeping open door resolu-
ton.
The five.power naval limitation
and submarine and gas treaties make
up the five documents TO be signed
Monday. The Shantung treaty be-
tween the Chinese and Japanese also
was finished and may be signed In
the presence OF the conference on
Monday. adding to the efforts at dra-
MATES.
Resolutions not yet formally ap-
proved at plenary session and
which do not require treaty form,
farewell speeches of delegates and
all other conference proceedings will
be disposed Of today. Nothing is to
be left in the way OF the treaty sign
ing ceremonials and President Hard.
ing's address on Monday
The statements of Baron Shide-
hara and Secretary Hughes relative
to maintenance OF Japanese troops
in Siberia viii be spread on the re-
cords of the conference today. The
same course, 1t was stated, will be
followed with the statements OF
Baron Shidehara, Secretary Hughes
and Doctor Wang on the twenty-one
demands.
The treaty between the United
States and Japan embodying the set
tlement of the Yap controversy is
not yet ready. Physical limitations
prevented its completion in time for
signing before the conference, Mr..
Hughes said. 1t will be finished,
however, Immediately after the con-
ference is adjourned and signed by
Baron Shidehara and the secretary
of state later on next week.
Cable Pact Also Delayed.
The six-power cable treaty allocat-
ing the former German cables in the
Pacific to the United States, Japan
and Holland likewise has been de- !
layed But this pact, too, will be
signed later by Mr.. Hughes and the
diplomatic representatives of the six
powers in Washington. The three
powers in addition to those getting
the cable lines are Great Britain,
France and Italy, making up the al
lied and associated powers to whom
the treaties were. assigned in the
Versailles treaty and the separate
American-German treaty.
President Harding will send all
treaties growing out Of the confer
ence to the senate before the end Of
next week, it was officially stated at
the white house Friday afternoon.
The president has not decided, it was
added, whether he will present them
in person or with written message.
They will all go to the capitol to-
gether.