Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-29
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

January found the great powers still
engaged in formulating treaties and
agreements in the Washington confer
ence on ornaments ana Pacific orelr
problems, and on February the dele
gates. in plenary session, adopted the
five-pow er naval limitation treaty with
an agreement on Pacific fortitiCatiOnS
passed resolutions declaring the open
door in China. and approved q treaty
for the restriction nf the use Of poison
ras and submarines in warfare. AZ
he same time. Nh Balfour announced
that Great Britain would restore Wei
TIat-Wet to China. Three days later
tie conference approved a number OF
treaties designed to restore to China
some of her lost liberties and pas>fC
u resolution for the creation of an in
fnrnational commission to revise the
rloS Of warfare. on February 6 the
iplegates signed all the treaties and
the conference adjourned sine die, and
I'm four days President Harding sub
mttpd The treaties to the senate,
Bv the end of March the senate had
ratified all these treaties. as well rs
one with Japan, by which the trou-
Nlosome question Of American rights
~ the island Of Yap was settled. Great
Britain and Japan also, in the course
I time ratified the conference partS,
and. like the United States. took steps
toward putting into effect the terms
If the treaty on naval limitation But
France. more interested in her own
rnubles connected with the GernlnR
rnnarations and with the developm entS
n the Near East. delayed action. and
her example was followed ny several
smaller nations Thus the fun effect
Of some of the treaties was lost for the
time being.
Rehabilitation of Europe, economic
nd financial, was the great profile is
NAT confronted the world and, o.
course. its solution depended to con
Siderable extent on a settlement of the
German reparations matter. This haf
not been reached when the wear came
rn close The allied commission, IN
international bankers committee and
question throughout the twelve
months. but it would be tedious 10 tell
In detail of their efforts The Germans
steadily maintained thar complete en-
furcement of the treaty of Versailles
would ruin Germany and be disastrous
for the rest Of Europe although Doc
! rnr Wirth the chancellor, held that
, M ,I-n-Jld ultimately
nav the reparationS bill Berlin insist
d that a long moratorium he granted
on all the payments and that an inter
rational loan 10 Germany be arranged
France. depending on the reparations
ooney for reconstruction and continu
ally on the verge of bankruptcy, would
not listen to pruposit ons for the re-
duction of the war bill. and from time
to time made preparations to put into
effect sanctinr79 against Germany, suct
ms occupying the Ruhr district and thu
national forests in the Rhiuoland.
WAYS Great Britain objected to this I'm
~ late in the wear Nhe.l Bonar Law
had succeeded 1l0yo Co &C rs Pr
minister. Then. at cen 2rr1cc
the allied premier: N london l. p
Law gave the French to I'm 'ers;H
that, though Britain co-id not a pl4
of military measured against GeTmaii.
she would not actively oppose them Il
the Germans defaulted in the repara
tons payments due in January. The
ca',farnnea au,durnes; u. zaaet In Paris
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