Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-01-05
marks finally decided on by the SUI
preme council, made the payments due

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her. France was the chief obJectof
to such delay. as she relied on tn
money due her from Germany, but
she showed signs Of yielding TO- the
general view. Division Of Upper
Silesia between Germany and Poland
caused a lot Of trouble. A piebiscite
was held there in March, but both
sides asserted 1t was. unfair and early
in May the region was invaded BY
Polish irregulars. Thinly yelled support
was given them by the Warsaw gov
ernment and also by the French and
there succeeded a long series OF lights
between them and German volunteer
forces. The entente cordlale Of the
allies was near to rupture, but In June
British troops entered the territory
and began clearing out the Poles. The
dispute was referred to the league
council which In October announced
the boundary lines. Neither Germany
nor Poland was satisfied but both &C.
cepted the decision. n
All through the year the Greeks
fought the Turkish nationalists in
Anatolia, with varying fortune, while
the allied powers held aloof, though
offering mediation which Greece re-
fused. In November France made 4
treaty with the Kemalist government
which aroused protests from Great
Britain and led to diplomatic negotia.s
tions. sj5s - 5es 81.
The United States formally made.
peace with the central powers, tho
treaty with Austria being signed Au-
gust "a, that with Germany August 25.
and the pact with Hungary August %.
In these treaties America reserved all
that was given her BY the treaty Of
\ Versailles which the senate had re-
fused to ratify. ,.: s
President Harding on July 10 is-
sued informal Invitations to Great
Britain. France, Italy and Japan to
send Representatives to Washington
for conference on limitation Of
-armament and Far East questions.
Acceptance from all was already 40.
sured by process of feeling out.ss
and on August II the formal ipvitns
tions went out, China. Belgium, HOl,
land and Portugal being asked to par.
ticipate in discussions Involving the
Fur East. The foremost statesmen oi
these nine powers were named : q
delegates and ON November II: the mo
mentous conference opened with I'm,
posing ceremony. Almost immediate
/, " Secretary Hughes put forward
i Americas plan for reduction and
limitation of naval armament, includ
Ing a naval holiday for ten years, the
4 scrapping of all shipbuilding pro
grams, destruction OF vessels to Ger
tain spoint and the maintenance Of
the navies of America, Great Britain
and. Japnn ,onta SOB basis. The plar
4 was formally accepted blythe delegates
of those nations on December Is, ant
to the agreement were added clause,
Z, for the preservation of the status que
4 of naval bases and fortification In th,
western Pacific.
OF almost equal Importance was th'
four.powes pact accepted by the con
ference on December 13. This wal
cnst in the form Of treaty by which
the United States, Great Britain
France and Japan agreed to maintain
pence in the Pacific, the Anglo-Jap
anese treaty being abrogated.
China offered some very dificul
.|4sproblems. to the conference ana all tn
demands OF her delegates were no
. satisfied. The conferees, however dii
enter into an agreement to remov'
many Of the foreign restrictions %
China and to respect the territ0fiA
nnd administrative integrity Of tn
oriental republic and preserve the cpe,
4, door. for trade and industry Of all ma
tions. Direct negotiations between til
Chinese and Japanese delegates r.
suited in Japan's agreeing to restor
Hhpntung province to China upon r
II ceiyipg payment. for the railway.
\. It was evident from the first tha
!. the conference could not do much I
the matter 0f Limitation Of land arms
!. meDts so long as the situation In Ger
L tral| Europe remained 80 unsettlet
: Premier Rriapl was present to CIV
|, voice to Frances needs 90fj protectio
/ and fears OF ggresslnn by German
4 md possibl ~ Russia. His eIoqnet
& speech So far convinced the confe
Il ence that the other pawers gaye q
I. surapce that F,'rah nee would never i
B I-ii54t III tile Nrn noral ,isoln Jon which q
feared.
i t President Harding has clung to a y
!. Idea that an association gf nattonssc1
{ be formed wink would DO what u