Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-01-13

preston of their countrymen. 3-Propo
a project which the Department of the
mage limits, and 1t is asserted these
changes really strengthen relatively
the American navy.
For the United States, Great Britain,
Japan, France and Italy, the capital
ship ratio is 5-5-3-167-1.67 The tonnage
allowed America and Britain is raised
from 100000 to $4,000 each, and that
of the others is prOportionately in
creased. France is permitted to build
a limited number of capital ships dur
ing the ten-year period, and Great
| Britain may construct two 37,OOO-ton
| vessels Of the Hood type. France
| won out in her contentious concerning
| submarines and auxiliary craft. No
| limit is placed on the aggregate ton
| mage of these vessels, but their max
| imum size and gun caliber is fixed. A
limit of 10000 tons each is put on aux
| Hilary ships and light cruisers, and
| their guns are not 70 exceed eight
inches. The ratio for airpane car
riers is to be 5-5-3-2.22-2.22 and the
maximum tonnage for the two largest
| powers 5000 These vessels are
| limited to a tonnage of $4,000 each,
| and their gun caliber is restricted.
| Before the week closed the confer
ence committees had adopted the Root
resolutions declarative of rules of in
| ternatiOnal law on use of submarines
in war, prohibiting their employment
as commerce destroyers, and establish
/ ing a new code putting submarine war
fare on merchant vessels In the cate
! CORY of piracy.
| The American proposal to forbid the
use of poison gas in warfare also was
| approved unanimously, although none
/ of the nations concerned is willing to
stop such development of the produc-
ton of gases as will prepare them to
meet the violation of the international
law by an INSCRIPTIONS government.
Germany taught them that Lesson Of
precaution.
| American naval officers, it is as
serted, rejoiced over Japan's success
| full demand that she be allowed to re-
| tain the dreadnaught Mutsu and
Frances persistence regarding subma-
rines and auxiliary ships. In both
| cases the necessary adjustments re-
bounded to the relative strengthening
| of Americas navy. 1t retains two al
most completed dreadnaughts, and it
will have almost as great a tonnage
in submarines as it first proposed in
stead of only 10000 TINS, the point
| to which the American delegates were
about to recede when Great Britain
asked the abolishing of the U-boat.
| The British announced that if France
| had a great submarine fleet, they must
/ be permitted to build as many auxiliary
cruisers as they wished, and it is now
agreed America will equal the British
| fleet in every respect.
| Japan and China, through their
y delegates, resumed the interrupted
conversations" over the Shantung is
sue, but so far as is now known they
did not make notable progress toward
an agreement. The arrangements for
| payment by China for the Kiaochow-
ing point. Japan persists in her de-
mand that Chinese borrow the neces-
| sary funds from Japanese bankers,
which, as has been explained, would
| mean continuation of Japanese con-
| troll of the roads operation. 1t was
! hoped, however, that this Shantung
matter would be settled early this week
through the good offices" Of Messrs.
Hughes and Balfour.
| THE delegation from the Far East
l. ern republic, not being given a
| hearing by the conference, created
! something CT a sensation by giving to
| the press copies of alleged secret notes
and treaties revealing a military and
political alliance between France and
| Japan for the purpose of establishing
| Japanese domination in Siberia and
stabilizlng French interests in Russia,
and to Illustrate Americas policy in
the Far East. The documents were
| declared to be fabrications, by both
| the French and the Japanese delega-
tons, and the United States govern
ment stated it has no official infor-
nation concerning any such agree
, ment But it is asserted there are in
the files of the State department re-
ports from American observers in a
general way confirming the allegations
of the Chita representatives. and
there is talk of senatorial investi-
CATION into the Siberian situation.
Later In the week the Chita dele
gates produced another document. this
time an alleged treaty between the
Japanese army in Siberia and Rus
sian officers connected with Semenoff,
anti-Bolshevist leader, whereby the
japanese agreed to support with arms