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Washington.-The arms conference
began the new year with the most OF
it's members looking toward final ad'
justment two weeks hence. despite the
prospect of having yet to clear away
several troublesome issues.
The United States, Japan and the
Netherlands fall heir to Germanys
former Pacific cables under tenta-
tive six-power treaty brought forth Sat
urday in the arms negotiations
While expert subcommittee worked
on leftover details of the naval discus
sions, the delegates of the United
States, Japan, Great Britain, France,
Italy and the Netherlands put their
heads together and came to general
accord over the cable problem.
Washington.-The arms conference
has virtually reached the end of its
effort to put a curb on naval arma-
ments
To the capital ship settlement was
added Friday an agreement for limita-
ton of future tonnage of airplane car
riers, and then the naval committee
adjourned indefinitely, leaving deter
mnation of various problems of detail
to subcommittee of experts.
Some sort Of declaration with re-
gard to use of the submarine and an
agreement not to construct any auxll
iary vessel hereafter with tonnage
of more than 100000 tons are also to be
added to the accomplishments of the
conference before the curtain is rung
down A five-power treaty embody-
ing all the points on Which there is
agreement now is in process of draft
ing
There ane growing indications, too.
that the four-power treaty to preserve
peace in the Pacific, which already
has been signed. will be in some way
further clarified before the conference
quits
The American delegation is under.
stood to have withdrawn any objection
to the Japanese proposal that the trea-
tvs scope be defined as not including
the major Japanese islands, and the
plan for an exchange of clarifying
notes or for amendment of the treaty
text is expected to take definite form
within few days
What is to be done about the Far
Eastern problems now becomes the
big unanswered question of the con-
ference Japan and China are dead.
locked in their efforts in separate
settlement OF the Shantung contro-
versy, and as a consequence all the
other Far Eastern discussions are at
standstill.
1t was indicated Friday that meet
ing of the Far Eastern committee
would be held soon, at which China
would attempt to transfer the Shan
tung negotiations into the full confer
ence
Meantime the senate discussion OF
the accomplishments of the conference
are continuing, even though the sen.
ate is not in session. Fridays contri-
button to the argument came from Sen
d(OI EuSc, republican VI 4NCW JOloOys
who declared in a public statement
that the Washington negotiations had
laid the foundation for great progress
toward peace and good will
Fridays agreement on airplane car
riers. a type of such was still in the
experimental stage. was reached quick.
ly by the naval committee, after the
American delegation had modified its
limitation proposal to conform to the
figures which the several powers pre-
scented as representing their individual
desires Under the agreement the
United States is to have 10000 tons
in airplane carriers, Great Britain 1885,,
900 tons. Japan $1,000 tons, France co.
900 tons and Italy $4,000 tons. The
previous American plan would have
given the United States $4,000 tons.
Great Britain $4,000 tons, Japan $4,000
tons, France $4,000 tons and Italy 49,.
000 TONS