Evening star., 1922-02-11

ACTS TO SENATE
The conference record is quite un-
paralleled. not alone because there
was the maximum of good feeling
and neighborliness throughout the
session. but common rejoicing in the
results: and the separations In de.
parture were marked by genuine
cordiality. good will. and new hopes.
No Punishments to Inhict.
1t is not necessary to remind you
that the conference work was not
directed against any power or group
of powers. There were no punish
ments to inflict. no rewards to bestow.
Mutual consideration, and the COM
mon welfare. and the desire for world
peace impelled. The conclusions
reached and the covenants written
neither require nor contemplate COM
pulsive measures against any power
in the world. signatory or nonsigna-
tory. The offerings are free will: the
conscience is that of world opinion: !:
the observance is matter of national
honor
despoiled. The delegates of every
power participating adjourned with
every right and every authority with
which they came. except that which
was willingly and gladly given up to
further the common welfare. l can
assure you the nine powers have been
brought more closely together. they
are stauncher neighbors and friends.
they have clearer and better estimates
of one another, they have seen sus-
picion challenged and selfishness made
to retreat. they have keener and more
sympathetic understandings, and they
are more strongly willed for right
and justice in international relations
than ever before. I believe. with all
my heart, the powers in conference
have combined to make the world
safer and better and more hopeful
place in which to live.
1t was helpful thing to have the
conference reveal how common our
human aspirations are and how easy
1t Is when the task Is properly ap-
preached. to reconcile our national as
pirations. There are mutual and es-
sential interests affecting the welfare
and peace of all nations, and they
can not be promoted by force. They
can be revealed and magnified in that
understanding which. it Is now
proven, the conference OF peace pro-
notes. and the same understanding
makes compulsion and despoilment
hateful In the eyes Of mankind.
Treaties Submitted.
The treaties submitted, seveh in num-
Der, are
The covenant of Limitation to naval
armament between our republic. the
British empire. France, Italy and japan.
The treaty between the same powers
In relation to the use Of submarines and
noxious gases in warfare.
The treaty between the United
States, the British Empire, France
and Japan relating to their insular
possessions and their insular domin-
ions in the Pacific
A declaration accompanying the
four-power treaty reserving Amer
lean rights in inundated territory.
An agreement supplementary to
the four-power treaty defining the
application Of the term "insular nos
session and insular dominions," as
relating to Japan.
A treaty between the nine powers
In the conference relating to prin-
matters concerning China.
A treaty between the nine powers
relating to Chinese customs tariff.
Urges Prompt Approval.
all Of them. 1t is. quite impossible to
readtust our naval program until the
naval treaty has your sanction, even
though you urged its negotiation. 1t
is not possible to make the readjust-
ment. in full confidence. until the
to your approval.
am not unmindful, nor was the
conference, OF the sentiment in this
chamber against old world entangle-
ments. Those who made the treaties
have left no doubt about their true
conference has emphasized the pure
pose to be served and the obligations
assumed. Therefore. 1 can bring you
every assurance that nothing in any
Of these treaties commits the. United
states. or any other power. to any
involvement. 1t does not require us
or any power to surrender a worth
while tradition. 1t has been said, il
this be true, these are mere meaning
less treaties. and therefore valueless.
Let us accept no such doctrine of
establish by mutual understanding
the rules and principles which are to
govern their relationship; If a SOW
ereign and solemn plight of faith by
leading nations of the earth is value
another. then. indeed, there is little
on which to hang our faith in ad-
vancing civilization or the furtherance
Of peace. Either we must live and
aspire and achieve under a free and
pies, with mutual trust, respect and
forbearance; and exercising full SOW
ereignty, or else brutal, armed force
will dominate, and the sorrows and
burdens Of war in this decade will
be turned to the chaos and hopeless
ness Of the next We can no more
do without international negotiations
and agreements in these modern days
than I'VE could maintain orderly
neixhborliness at home without the
prescribed rules Of conduct which are
more the guarantees OF freedom than
the restraint thereof.
World Hungry for Peace.
The world has been hungering for a
better relationship Tor centuries since
1t has attained It's larger conscious
ness. The conception Of the league
Of nations was q response to a mani
| fest world hunger. Whatever its fate
whether It achieves the great things
hoped for, or comes to supersedure
or to failure, the American unwill-
ingness to be part Of 1t has been
expressed. That unwillingness has
been kept in mind. and the treaties
submitted today have no. semblance
or Relationship save as the wish to
promote peace has been the common
inspiration.
The Horsepower treaty contains nj
war commitment It covenants the
respect Of each nations rights In re.