The Washington herald., 1922-02-04
FINAL TREATIES
NEAR EAST WILL
Be SETTLED TODAY
Officials Declare Arms
Conference Has Been
Great Success.

SOAtAcfc llCc Il0S DCCH
Great Success.
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up-to-date craft of the pre-Jutiand
type.
This was agreed to. and the
treaty approved at Wednesday,
plenary session carried the list OF
capital ships that win represen,
the nations of the ave signatory
powers from now on.
Submarine Restriction Fails.
The naval treaty also provided
for the Limitation of all auxiliary
craft. so that they should not have
tonnage in excess OF 10000 ton,
and for Limitation Of their arma
meut to guns OF not to exceed
eight-inch caliber. 1t limited air.
craft carers to not exceeding a.
900 tons and placed the Limitation
Of armament the same as that pro-
vided for In the case OF the auxii-
larry craft It made very clear and
definite the provisions that dealt
with the naval holiday proposals SC
that there could be no violation
either through collision with an
other nation or through any secre,
construction OF capital ships.
The initial suggestion by Chair.
man Hughes that submarines
should be restricted. amended BY
suggestion from the British dele
CATION that their use should be en-
FiralU n.NIa-A1 n ~ ~ fhs
future. failed because of direct op
position from the French delega-
ton The French insisted that they
should have the right to construct
not less than 10000 tons of SUD-
maanes and refused pointblank &c
recede from this position
British Criticize Freaeh.
The British delegation sharply
criticized the French. but the lat.
ter were backed up by the Italian,
and. inasmuch as this sort OF q
conference must reach an unani'
nous agreement or none. Ii wa.
found advisable to allow the sub
marine limitation to die. However
very material victory wa.
achived by the American delegation
under the leadership of former
Senator Elihu Root. A secondary
treaty was adopted which, as de.
scribed in the preamble. provided
The United States. Great Brit.
ain, Japan, France and Italy, desir'
ing to make more effective the
rules adopted by civilized nation,
for the protection of the lives Of
noncombatants at sea in time Of
war. and to prevent the use in wal
of noxious gases and chemicals
have determined to conclude 4
treaty to this effect"
Stops Submarine Piracy.
Then II was reafirmed that In thu
: future submarines could not b
used against merchant craft except
In the same manner provided fol
thefuse of surface craft. This car
ried directly into effect the stop.
page. visitation and search and pro.
vision for the safety of passenger,
and crew that was made the bur
den of all submarine negotiation.
with Germany in the recent wal
and rejection of which finally drew
the United States into the war OF
the side of the allies.
Another provision-a new on,
fathered by Senator Root-made H.
legal use OF submarine piracy ant
punishable as such. Individual Off
GERS violating the rules to be helt
responsible whether they acted un'
der orders from superiors or not.
The use of asphyxisting, poison
ous or other gases, and all analog'
Gus liquids, materials or device.
also was prohibited. Although thu
signatories to this treaty are lin.
tied to the five powers participant
ing, il was agreed that the United
States should submit this treaty Il
all other civilized nations and en-,
deavor to have it agreed to by al
OF them.
Limits Pacific FortiHcations.
in the naval treaty. in order Il
remove for all time disturbing ele.
n1ents in the Pacific that nigh
bring about war a three-power un'
Outstanding was entered into by the
United States, Great Britain and
Japan that the present status quC
Of the fertilization of all Pacific
islands and possessions should b.
maintained.
with the naval and submarine
treaties out of the way the con
ference delegates worked on th'
SECOND section of the agenda which
was headed Pacific and Far East
EN- Questions" The result of thi!
will be two treaties that will b.
submitted today for approval II
addition the Shantung controversy
wAich has been an acute problem
exer since the Chinese delegation
refused to sign the treaty of Yer
sailles. has been completely settled
Hn brief, Japan hands back Il
china complete control Of the en-
tire province which was taken b.
Germany in 1898 and which marked
UP to 1914. the advanced method Of
Garman aggression and culture In
the Far East After weeks of Sc
rfous negotiations which threat
ened many times to result in &
bolt by the Chinese delegation, tht
Japanese agreed to sell the rail-
road-chief bone of contention
to China at the figure fixed in the
treaty Of Versailles. in considera'
ton for management rights to pro-
tect japanese interests in Shan
tung.
Britain Yields wei-Hei-wei.
With the railroad. came surrender
of all other concessions taken from
Germany during the world war by
direct force of arms Following
Japan's leadership. the British sur
rendered to China the leasehold oil
.wei-Hei-wei. while the French
promised to negotiate directly with
the Pekin government regarding
the surrender of its leasehold In
KwanRchow Wan.