The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-08

Will, ADJOURN
NEXT WEEK
President Harding. to
Deliver Farewell
Address at Mon
days Session


the formaliticS and fri!ls that are
TO attend its adjounrnment the
Washington conference on limita-
tions OF armament and Far Eastern
questions is over.
At plcnary session tomorrow
the remaining treaties and rrSolu
ton are 10 be formally approved
and the chief delegates are 10 say
goodbye TO one another in speeches
expressing the gratiiic:lticn OF their
governments over the conference
On Monday At another public
meeting the treaties Will be signed
and sealed and President Harding
viii deliver the conference valrdic-
tory in a brief address
Already the administration lock-
ing upon lhc conference aGrceren:.
as accomplished facts is moving
10 suspend work on ,hc L.; battle
ships under construction bat dcS-
tined TO the scrap heap under the
naval treaty The president does 1ot
plan TO actually begin the scrap
ping process until th, treaty has
been ratified by all The powers
but he has asked the navy dcrarl-
nrnt for Information on which an
order suspcHding construction soon
is 10 h.. issued
Nine Powers TO SIGN
In their final rounds upon the Far
Eastern situation the conferenc.
leaders decided today TO put their
conclusion into TWO Far Eastern
treaties and :; number OF supple
nentary resolutions. One of the
treaties will deal with revision OF
the Chinese tariff and the other viii
embody The ROOT -four points" and
The open door" policy. Both vii.
have rs signat orics ali nine OF the
powers represented here. Actual
negotiations on the Far Eastern
problems came TO on end today with
statements delivered in the Far
Eastern committee setting forth the
position OF the American and Chi
neSe governments towards the -
demands" Speaking for China Or
Wang said his government viewed
with satisfaction Japan's announce
ment yesterday that group five and
some other clauseS OF the de
mauds" would be withdrawn. but
reserved her right 70 protest the
parts remaining. Secretary hughes
asserted that the American govern
,ncnt still stood on its rights in the
matter as it had asserted then when
the demands" were laid down by
Ja..aa in 1915 and there The dis
cu.sion ended without action.
The only treaties 10 be formally
given conference approval ct TO-
norro"'s plcEary session are the
TWO relating 10 China, but ut the
same time there wi'l be !, final rat
itication o: the supplementary re-
solutions that have been adopted
In the Far Eastern committee and
probably an exchange OF noes
70 definitely cXciudt. The Japanese
homeland from the scope OF th,.
four power treaty signed December
- Thr session Will begin at 1920
H. m. u half hour earlier than the
meeting time OF the con-
ference. and It's committees. in an
ticip",ion OF several hours OF fare
Well orato!y.
Not MI in Treaties.
On Monday the delegates vii! >:-I
the naval treaty. ;he submarine and
poison gas treaty. tn, Two treaties
rcl;.t!nc 10 China and the supple
!nrntary notes 70 hc attached TO the
four power Pacific treaty. 'rh,
agreement, regarding Yap. TO which
the United States and Japan alcn-
are PARTIES. and the six power ST.
tlcIncm a!lOcaling the former Ger
nlan cables in the Pacific az: not
get in treaty form. lut they are
considered us having only incid"r-
tai connection with the conference
and viii not delay the deparruhe
OF the delegates for home. 1t is
expected ,lIcy will he pressed To
ia the nr:,r future
through The regular diplomatic
channels
Ii is also possible that the treaty
between Japan and China emhody
Ing the S!:;tntuns settlement may
br signed 1T The conference tah!,,
al Mondays meeting. Thi, ques-
tion. like that OF Yap and the Pa
ellie cables, is classified by the dele
gales Us standing outside the con
ference itself bun The Two inter
rstcd delegations have si.niiird
that they might desire To hrinS
their negotiations formally 10 IN
end III tile presence OF all The pow
ers and iiiis before all the world.
'romorrow's pl"nary session which
really Viii wind up the work of the
conference exactly II week., from
the day il met is expected 10 deVrl-
op little discussions on The treaties
ard Resolutions themselves since all
oi' thc,l E:."c been debated :tt
l-n>th in committee and most OF
them have been formally passed
upon in "ut' form or :not!rc:. by the
conference ils"li' 1t was Indicated
toniGh, that speech nakins would
h,. held 10 Il minimum until the
llSt vot, had been taken. but that
an open session for oratory would
prevail When the time came tor
sly taG farewell
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nafic school are Raid. E.V:,c, and