The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-06
CARDINAL ACHILLE RATTI MADE POPE
PRESIDENT HARDING DELIVERS FINAL ADDRESS tt
ARMS CONFERENCE AS IT COMPLETES ITS LABOR

treaties and a farewell address by
President Harding.
! With itSswork characterized by Mr..
! Harding as the first deliberate and
! eftsc i've expression of great powers
! in the consciousness of wars utter
| futility," the great conference went
| to its niche of history to await the
| judgments and developments of the
| future.
In che great assembly hall of the
! Daughters of the American Revolu-
! ticn, where all its open sessions have
| been held, the delegates of the nine
! nations assembled, marched in turn
/ 10 a space at the great green baize
table and affixed their signatures to
| trea les and agreements witch are all
| parts of the structure built to lift
1 from war worn world the burden of
! excessive naval armaments; to pro-
mote the peace of the Pacific; to give
new bill of rights to China and to
/ remove from ;he far east, particularly
the clouds of war.
| And as the delegates affixed their
! signatures as plenipotentiaries pledg-
ing the honor OF their respective ma
tions to the good faith of the settle
ments agreed upon, The great audi
ence expressed the hopes of the world
in its loud and prolonged applause.
At the conclusion Of the ceremony
of signing, President Harding deliv-
cred his address, formally closing the
| conference as he formally had opened
it little more than twelve weeks
ago.
There was long applause when
! President Harding digressed to say:
while the settlement of the far
! eastern question was not of direct
import to the United States, we re-
| joice in common with the world that
an understanding has been reached"
AS the presidens named the Amer
| ican delegates and thanked them for
their services to the nation, there
was applause at the mention of each
delegates name. There was more ap-
plause when the president thanked the
advisory commit ee Tor its services.
At the conclusion of the presidents S
address, the entire party stood and
applauded while the executive took
his seat.
AS the applause had died away. the
Rev Mr.. Alternately stepped forward
and pronounced the benediction.
May it be in the heart of every ma
tion and every man." he beseeched,
"to hasten the bringing of the era of
good will"
The prayer ended, Secretary Hughes
raped with his gavel and announced:
"The conference is adjourned sine
die"
d Washington, Feb. 6.-(By the AS
sociated Press. six complete trea-
ties, two others agreed to in sub
stance, four ;een resolutions and ten
separate or joint declarations of ma
tional policy comprise the formal and
tangible contribution of the arms con-
ference negotions to history.
BY The major agreements of the con-
ference the great powers put limit
on their naval strength in capital
ships, abjure submarine warfare
against commerce and use of poison
gas, give China new bill of rights
based on territorial integrity and the
open door, and set up new interna-
-ional concord to preserve peace in
the Pacific. In addition Great Britain
declares her intention to restore to
Wei-Hai-Wei to China, and Japan
hands back Shantung and promises to
withdraw from Siberia as soon as con-
ditions there are stabilized.
These are the six treaties which,
during the twelve weeks of negotia-
tions here, have been brought to final
completion:
Naval Limitations
u The naval limitation treaty. by
which the United Sta hs. Great Brit.
ain. Japan, France and Italy agree to
scrap or convert 6S capital ships, and
so limit future construction, that after
ten year building holiday their first
line naval strength will remain at
$4,000 tons, $4,000 tons, 315, 900
tons. 175,000 tons, and ITS tons. re.
spectively. The respective tonnage
of carriers is limited to 1876 900 tons
each for the United States and Great
Britain, 81, 900 IONS for Japan, and co.
900 tons each for France and Italy
Individual capital ships are to be no
larger than $4,000 tons and carry no
guns in excess of 16 inches. Aircraft
carriers are limited similarly to 27,-
900 tons and auxiliary craft to 10000
tons and neither can carry gun
larger than eight inches. A for ffica-
tions Status quo"S is set up in the
Pacific under which the UAitRd Sta as
agrees not to further fortifs he Phil
ippines and Japan agrees to observe
he same restriction in Formosa, Bo.
nins and the Pesadores.
Submarine and Gas
(2) The submarine and poison gas
treaty to which the same five powers
are signatories. BY its terms the
powers agree as among themselves
not to use submarines as commerce
destroyers." in all cases to observe
the rules of visit and search and to
regard as pira ,e any submarine com
mander who violates existing law. As
among themselves, they outlaw the
use of poison gas altogether.
Four Powers Pact
60 The four power Pacific treaty
by which the United States, Great
Britain. Japan and France agree b
respect one another's rights in rela.
tion to their insular possessions in
the Pacific, and to meet in consulta.