The Mankato free press., 1922-02-10

ASSOCIATED Press Dspatch.l
Washington, q. c., February g.
Tho conference on iimitatio- ;.
armament and Far Easte.; and
Pacific questions adjourned sine
die today at 1918 o'cloSk.
Washington. February 6.-The his
tory making conference on the limit
alton Of Srmaments and Far Eastern
questions came to its end today with
the signing Of treaties and farewell
address by President Harding.
With its work characterized BY Mr..
Harding as the first deliberate and
effective expression OF great powers,
in the consciousness OF peace, Of
wars utter futility" the great con-
ference went TO its niche OF history
70 await the judgments and develop
ments Of the future.
In. the great assembly hall Of tho
Daughters OF the American Revolu-
ton where all Its open sessions have
been held, the delegates OF the nine
nations assembled, marched in turn
10 o space at the great green baise
table and AFFIXED their signtures 70
the treaties and agreements which
are AL parts Of the structure bulk to
lift from q warworn world the burden
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promote the peace Of Pacific. to give
q new bill Of rights to China and to
remove from the Far East, particular
ly, the clouds OF war.
And as each delegation affixed sig
natures as plenipotenaaries pledging
the honor of their respective nations
TO the good faith of the settlements
agreed upon. the great audience ex-
pressed The hopes OF the world in its
loud ant prolonged applause.
At tho conclusion OF the ceremony
OF signing, President Harding deiiv-
cred his address formally closing the
conference as he formally had opened
II little more than twelve weeks
ago ...
Washington, D. c., February g.
Writing the final page Of its history
today with the signature Of treaties,
abe Washington conference, meeting
in plenary session, then was to hear
farewell address by President Hard
ing and adjourn sine die its sessions
OF more than twelve weeks.
Appearing at conference sessions
for the hrst time since he welcomed
the delegates to Washington on No
vember IL, the president planned to
voice briefly in his address his graft
fcation over the results accomplished,
particularly, his friends say, under sig
nificance as choking the possibilities
OF frank meeting Of minds" In the
settlement of troublesome interna-
tional questions. His speech, although
OF brief text. was expected to contain
important expressions on the general
fellowship.
four Treaties To 81 Signed
-Four treaties were to be signed by
the delegates at the big green table In
Continental hall around which all
the public meetings have been held.
Two OF these, one relating to the Root
-four points" and the open door, and
the other dealing with Chinese tariff
revision, were to receive signatures
Of the full delegations Of all nine the
powers represented. The treaty finn
iting capital ship strength and that
regulating submarine and poison gas
warfare, were to be given the appro-
val of the United States. Great Bri-
tain, Japan, France and Italy, while
all u these except Italy were to sign
also the supplemental agreement. de-
fning the scope Of the four power
! treaty.
FfaaI Session Called To Order
= The nnal session Of the arms CON
ference was called TO order just af-
: ter ten O'Clock this morning to hear
ding and for the signing OF the re-
naming treaties.
Six completed treaties, two others
agreed to IN substance, fourteen res
.olutions. and ten separate or Joint
declarations of national policy, COM
prise the formal and tangible contrl-
button Of the arms conference ne
gotiations to history.
BY the major agreements Of the
conference; tho great powers put a
limit on their naval strength In cap
iita1 ships, abjure submarine warfare
against commerce and use of poison
gas, give China a new bill Of rights
based on territorial integrity, and the
open door, and set up new inter
national concord to preserve peace
Britain declares her insentioa Intention to est re.
store Wed-Ha1- Wei to China, and
Japan hands back Shantung nd pro-
misses to withdraw from Siberia as
soon as conditions there are stabI-
lied.
The Six Treaties
These are the six treaties which,
during the twelve weeks Of negotia-
tons here have been brought to final
1. Naval limitation treaty, by
which the United States, Great Brit
ain, Japan, France and Italy agree to
scrap or convert sixty eight capital
ships and so limit future construction
that, after ten year building hOli-
day, their first lfhe naval strength
will remain at 5000 tons, 525, 600
tons, $4,000 tons, $4,000 tons and
175,0O0 tons respectively. The re-
spectiEe tonnage of airplane carriers
is limited to $4,000 tons each for
the United States and Great Britain
81, 900 tons for japan and 50 900 tons
each for France and Italy. Individ-
ual capital ships are to be no larger
than 81, 600 tons and carry no guns
in excess OF sixteen inches.
Aircraft carriers are limited sim
ilarly to $1,000 tons and auxiliary
craft to 10000 tons and neither can
carry a gun larger than eight inches.
A fertilization status quo" Is set up
in the Pacific, under which the Uni
ted States agrees not to further for
tify the philippines and Guam and
Japan agrees to observe the same
restriction in Formosa, the Bondns
and the Pescadores.
U-Boat and Poison Gas Pact
2. The submarine and poison gas
treaty, to which the same FIVE pow
ers are signatories. BY its terms
and powers agree as among them
selves, not TO use submarines "as
commerce destroyers," in all cases
TO observe the rules OF visit and
search and to regard as q pirate
auy submarine commander who yfo-