Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-11
JAPAN TO RECALL
SHANTUNC TROOPS
Agrees to Withdraw Kiaochow
Forces and Military Rail-
road Guards
ASK POLICING BY CHINESE
by the Associated Press

! Washington. Jan. 1.-THE japanese
delegates to tho Arms Conference today
/ tentatively agreed to the withdrawal OF
Japanese troops from the former Ger
man kiaochow lcasrhold and from the
TSingtao- -Tsinanfu Railway in Shan
. tung on condition that China furnish
| proper policing.
The delegates did not discuss the date
on which the withdrawals would take
place, but the japanese suggested that
III" rnlroad guard withdrawal be
! treated separately from that Of the
Withdrawal of other troops in the lease
hold
While they waited word from Toxic
on the final draft Of the Pacific fortif
cations article the naval big five" Of
the Conference went ahead today with
discussions of other features Of the five
Power naval limitation treaty.
After two hour session they adj
Journed without completing their OK
animation of tho treaty text They
will meet again later in the day. Ii
was said that no call had been issued
for meeting Of the full Naval Com
mittcc.
Aside from The fortifcntions article
and various annevcS to tho treaty, the
five delegation chiefs were in virtual
agreement on al parts Of the treaty
text. when they resumed their sessions.
iiet"r" The five came together cNrn Of
the delegations had met separately to
review ;he few points remaining at is
sue.
Plenary Session Delayed
Tho decay drvclo,rng over reference
TO tho iortiirution< article rf the naval
treaty 20 Toxic led to tho general he
li"f tha; no plerGry session of TIE Con.
ference would be possible before next
w""k: 1t had been hoped previously to
rompl the treaty for nlCnary discus
sion BY Friday or Saturday.
In the fcrtitcatiOnS article the chief
difficulty IL understood to have arisen
over Il precise definition of tho geo
graphical area 10 he embraced in the
Pacific fortifcations status quo" The
big unanswered question is whether q
string of japanese islands extending
800 miles TO tho soUthward Of the main
Jopancsc archipelago ar" 10 be in
cIudcd in the territory where further
Notifications nre prohibited.
Although little public attention has
boon drawn 10 the matter of the cx.
tent Of Notifications TO be permitted
on Pacific islands, the general board
of the American navy attachc, a good
deal of importance to it. Fortified
ton Of the string OF islands sonthwarG
from the mainland Of the japanese
mainland would control the approaches
by naval vessels to the whole north
coast Of China, and would constitute
an effective military barrier.
Must Define Terms
The question Is whether the term
Pacific regions" applies to the islands
Of this character which are in contimn-
tlon of main archipelago as IN the
case of Japan or the Alcutinn islands,
which form an extension Of the Alaskan
peninsula. The term was first used In
the Root -Tnkahira agreement many
years ago. and while It has proved
sufficiently defnitive up 10 the present
moment, 1t vas felt that there wIs now
occasion for II more precise understand.
ing on the subject.
Among other questions yet to be
settled Is the Number of guns 10 be
permitted to airplanc carriers and the
calibcr OF such guns. 1t has already
been decided to attach appendices 10 the
main treaty. These will deal with the
limitations to be placed on the replace.
ment Of capital ships, scrappIng Of
ships and other such technical subj, cts.