Evening star., 1922-02-03
Washington Conference May
Pass Without Action
Being Taken.
FARLEY HERE REGARDED
TO BE GREAT SUCCESS
Plenary Meeting Tomorrow Morn.
ing Will About Close Sessions.
Treaties Yet to Be Signed.


finns were made today for the
attendance Of President Harding
nj . pienary session Of the arms
conference next Monday to Wit
-lesS the signing OF the treaties,
10 thank the delegates for their
work and to participate generally
In the activities marking the nd.
JOurnment OF the conference,
BY c. GOULD LINCOLN.
The Washington conference is about
to pass into history without any formal
attempt to bring about an Association
OF nations" which was suggested by
president Harding in his pre-electton
campaign. Unless there should be
some elevehth-hour attempt to discuss
this matter. the conference will ad-
journ without having done anything
about 1t.
There has been no formal proposal
made at the conference for the estab-
hshment of such an association. If an
association OF nations should deyelop
later in line with the present status
given, it probably will come as an evo-
luton.
The Washington conference is a sue
cess hos great q success proba blv
has not yet been realized fully bV tht
people IN this country and in the
other nations participating. II the
agreements entered into at the WASH
ihston conference work well--and it
IS oeleved they will-then there will
oe an lmpelling force to bring about
international subjects.
Piennry Session Tomorrow.
fhe conference is to hold an open
pienary session at 1880 o'clock to-
morrow morning in Memorial Cont.
mental Hall. The doors will be closed
at 1915. and persons holding tickets
must present themselves before that
time.
rms session. it Is believed, will see
the end Of the, conference, except for
the signing OF the naval Limitation.
far east and submarine and poison
gas treaties. The signing Of these
treaties may be carried over until
Monday; merely because OF the i'm
ready .ste sign earlier.
The last of the important subjects
relating to the far east to be dis
cussed at the conference, the So
called twenty-one demands Of Japan
upon China in 1915, will receive final
consideration at meeting Of the far
east committee this afternoon. DR..
Wang Of the Chinese delegation, Is
expected to reply to the statement
made yesterday aftrnoon by Baron
Shidehara, the Japanese ambassador,
regarding the twenty-one demands.
Qualification Expressed.
DR.. Wang will express the gratifica-
ton of the Chinese delegation at the
complete withdrawal of group FIVE of
the original demands, the most OBJ
noxious of all to China, as declared
yesterday by Baron Shidehara, and
also at the withdrawal by Japan of
insistence upon preferential rights in
regard to capital for use in south
Manchuria and eastern inner Mongolia,
China OF Japanese advisers in south
Manchuria.
DR.. Wang will take issue, how
ever, with the argument made by
Baron Shidehara upholding the valid
ity of the agreements Of 1915, made
will point out that these agreements
were wrung from China by duress at
a time when she was at peace with
Japan, and that they rest upon differ
ent grounds from other international
agreements.
He will say further that Baron
Shidehara's argument to attack these
agreements would be a dangerous
precedent. opening the way to at
tack upon other International agree
ments, is not well founded. Argu-
ments of the Chinese delegation for
the complete abrogation of all these
agreements growing out of the
twenty one demands will be present.
ed also. DR.. Wang will point out
that those which remain in ex-
istence only will cause i'll feeling
between the countries.
U. 8. Statement Expected.
The United States delegation, it is
expected. will also make a statement
in regard to the twenty-one demands
In 1915 this country protested to
Japan against anything in the agree
ments forced upon China which
might infringe the rights Of other ma
tons in China and which conflicted
with the open door policy.
This discussion probably will bring
the question Of the twenty-one de-
mands to a conclusion, so far as the
Washington conference is concerned.
The concessions made in regard to
these demands by the Japanese in the
statement OF Baron Shidehara were
regarded as of much Importance. They
are in line with the gains made by
China during the conference. A MEM
Der of the Chinese delegation today
declared that China had benefited
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