The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-02-11
WORK OF CONFERENCE MUST
BE CONSIDERED AS A WHOLE
TO BE PROPERLY APPRAISED
Each Part Contributes to a Com
bination of Conditions
Which Ensures Peace.
(Ry The Associated Press)

WASHINGTON. Feb. 10.-The arms
conference treaties submitted for rati-
fication today by President Harding
are declared by the American delega
tion in their report to him to rest!
upon new International state of
mind" which substitutes mutual faith
for suspicion and apprehension.
Summarizing the results Of the con-
ference, the delegation declares that
to appraise correctly the accomplish
ments they must all be considered as
a whole, since each contributes to al
combination Of conditions sin which
peachful security will take the place,
of competitive preparation for war"
Excerpts from the report, as I'll
touched on specific subjects under ne
gotiation, follow:
Limitation Of Land Armament.
'It was recognized at the outsetI
that it would be difficult, if not i'm
possible, to provide at this conference
for the limitation of land forces. So
far as the army of the United States
is concerned, there was no question
presented The British empire has also
Further consideration made it quite
clear that no agreement for the lini-
tation of land forces could be had at
this time"
Limitation of Naval Armament.
at was obvious that no agreement
for Limitation was possible If the pow
ers We're not content to take as basis,
Their s-4tiasi 7ari stins naval strengtta.d
1t was impossible to terminate compe-
tftion in naval armament If the powers
We're 70 condition their agreement
upon the advantages they hoped to-
gain in the competition itself.
With respect to capital ships, while
there are certain changes in detail.
the integrity of the plan proposed on
behalf. of the American government
has been maintained, and the spirit
In which that proposal was made, and
In which it was received, dominated
the entire negotiations and brought
them to a successful conclusion.
1T is obvious that this agreement
means ultimately an enormous saving
OF money and the lifting of a heavy
and unnecessary burden. The treaty.
absolutely stops the race in conpeti-
ton in naval armaments. At the same
time it leaves the relative security Of
the great naval powers unimpaired. No
national interest has beeen sacrificed.
a wasteful prediction of unnecessary
armament has been ended.
1T was found to be impracticable
to adopt rules for the Limitation of
aircraft In nurnSer, size or character,
in view OF t1eSfact that such rules
would be Of little or no value unless
the production of commercial aircraft
were similarly restricted It was
deemed to be- inadvisable thus to ham
per the development of a facility which
could not fail to be important IN the
progress of civilization"
Pacific and Far Eastern Questions.
when the conference was called,
there existed with regard to the far
east causes of misunderstanding and
sources OF controversy which consti-
tuted serious potential danger. These
difficulties centered principally about
China, where the developments of the.
past quarter OF century had pro-
duced a situation in which interna-
tional rivalries, jealousies, distrust and
antagonism We're fostered.
ut may be stated without reserva-
ton that one Of the most important
factors in the far eastern situation
was the Anglo Japanese alliance. This
alliance has been viewed by the people
of the United States with deep con-
Germ. Originally designed as q meas
ure of protection in view of the poll
cies of Russia and Germany in far
eastern affairs, the continuance of the
alliance after all peril from those
sources had ceased could not fail to be
regarded as seriously prejudicial tol
our interests. Without reviewing the
reasons for this disquietude, it wasj
greatly increased by the state of in
ternational tension, which had arisen
in the Pacific area
'It was a matter Of the greatest
qualification that the American dele
CATION found that they were able TO j
obtain an agreement by which thei
Anglo-Japanese alliance could be inn-l
mediately terminated. No greater step,
could be taken to secure the unimped-
ed influence of liberal opinion in pro-
noting peace In the Pacific region.
'sThe parties fto the four-power
treaty. do not agree to give any sup.
port to claims but only to respect
rights that actually exist. When con-
troversies arise. the powers merely
agree to confer together concerningl
them. No power binds itself to any
thing further, and any consents or
agreements must be reached in |
accordance with its constitutional |
methods