River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-01-12

mage limits, and it 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 5-5-3-1 .67-1.67 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 37,00O-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 to exceed eight
inches The ratio for airplane car
riers is to be 5-5-3-2.22-2.22 and the
maximum tonnage for the two largest
powers $4,000. These vessels are
limited to a tonnage Of $1,000 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 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 IS 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 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
- 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
Tsinanfu railway were still the stick
ing point. Japan persists in her de-
maEd 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 of 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 10 Illustrate Americas policy in
the Far East. The documents were
declared to be fabrieati ms, 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 Cnira 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 al alleged treaty between the
Japanese army in Siberia and Rus
sian officers connected with Semenoff.
anti Bolshevist leader, whereby the