Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-09
RESUME SHOWS
FARLEY HASN'T
BEEN FAILURE
Conference Leaders Proud of
Their Unwritten' Achieve
ment.
POWERS ARE FRIENDLY
Special to Indiana. Daily Times
and Philadelphia Public Ledger,
BY ROBERT BARRY.

competent observers, Is reSafueu Hs eS
tablishiRg, to the discontinue of biased
criticism, a story of progress In inter
national relationships unequaled in mod
ern diplomacy.
With the conference near the end Of its
string Of problems and likely soon to de-
veIop into a council of ambassadors TO
nnravel details, the impressive reasons
which cause President Harding ana Sec
retarv Hughes to feel their first great
undertaking in world affairs has been
worth while for America and civilization
are patent.
Aside from the detailed agreements
which are to he embodied into q series OF
treaties, conference leaders pointed to
one 'aunwritten" achievement which over
Swallowed all others. That, they said,
was a better understanding. To them
The conference had succeeded beyond
measure in promoting cordially which
years Of effort could not have brought
about otherwise They said the under
standing and cooperation assured be-
tween the United States and Japan in
the Pacific was almost mOmentOus in its
Importance They held also events at
Washington had cleared the Franco
British atmosphere and made for better
adjustments at Cannes.
RESUME SHOWS
FARLEY RESULTS.
Other results Of the conference were
summarized thus: Naval ornaments:
L Agreement on the future capital ship
strength Of the five great sea powers
the United States, the British Empire,
Japan, France and Italy-with equality
between the United States Navy and the
British Grand Fleet.
2. Termination of the international race
in construction of capital ships with its
oppressive burdensome taxes.
8. Limitation on the size Of capital ships
to $4,000 tons.
4. Limitation on the size Of guns on
capital ships to 16-inch caliber.
8. Limitation on size of cruisers to TO-
900 t,as )and on their armament to S-inch
! Limitation on the size Of aircraft
Eiers to $1,000 tons and a tonnage
Citation of 900 tons each for the
hited States and Great Britain; 81 900
Eor Japan, 10000 each for France and
z Italy.
z. Provision for future conferences to
keep apace the progress Of naval science
and invention and to consider the menace
of rise to naval power of any nation
not a party to the Washington agree
ments.
ROOT RESOLUTION
RESTRICTS U-BOATS.
D
declarative of rules Of international law
on use of submarines in war, prohibiting
their employment as commerce destroy
ers and establishing q new code putting
submarine warfare on merchant vessels
In category Of piracy.
8. Definite foundation laid for educa-
: ~tion Of world opinion favorable to event
ASl abolition Of the submarine
THE PACIFIC.
n
tween the United States and Japan.
q Abandonment of the Anglo-Japanese
alliance, regarded by American statesmen
as a menace to the peace of the world
3. Agreement on a four-power treaty to
provide a "cooling-off period for dis
cussion in event of troublesome issues
arising over insular questions in the
Pacific.
4. Sterilization, through that treaty, Of
naval conditions in the Pacific
8. Agreement to adhere to the status
quo as to Notifications in the Pacific
8. Settlement by the United States and
Japan, as a collateral result Of the CON
ference Of the zap controversy.
z ALLEGATION. subject to approval of
italy and Holland, of the former Ger
man cables in the Pacific.
ACCOMPLISHED
IN FAR EAST.
FAR EAST.
]. An eight power agreement Of the
Root resolutions constituting a new char
ter in the relations of the great nations
toward China, providing:
(a) An assurance to China Of protec-
ton from acts in derogation of her SOW
ereignty and independence and admins
trative autonomy
(b) An understanding that, as between
the powers, there VIII be a careful OBJ
servance of the principle Of free and
equal opportunities in matters relating
to China, strict adherence TO the spirit
Of the "open door"
2. Excellent prospect for a nine-power
agreement embodying the declarations Of
intention of the powers and a recognition
of Chinas place among the nations of
the world.
8. A new custom tariff for China; not
all she asked but supplementing ma
terially and organizing her revenues.
1. Provision for conference at Shang-
hal TO terminate the Objectionable lkin
system Of internal tariffs
D. Agreement of the powers to under
take, whenever China shall so request,
measures looking to the withdrawal of
foreign troops from Chinese soil.
G. Provision for an international COM
mission Of jurists to investigate in
China the feasibility of relinquishing the
rights of extra -territoriality.
T. An agreement to close all foreign
postofices in China not later than Jan.
l. 1923.
AIDS CHINESE
INDEPENDENCE.
s. Restoration to China of full ad-
ministrative independence in the matter
Of electrical communications
9 Termination Of secret treaties affect
ing China by agreement of al the powers
not to engage in any treaties without
consulting China and extending her Op-
pOrtunity to participate,
(a). Opening Of a world wide discus
sion of the problems incident to main
tenance Of large standing armies in
Europe; an awakening OF popular
sentiment for casting aside Of those
economic burdens.
{b)- An expression for reduction OF
military establishments In China.
(c). Unanimous adoption Of the Amer
lean proposal to forbid the use of poison
Gus gases in warfare.
(d). Provision for a future conference
to devise a code of law for the warfare
Of the air; to outlaw aerial bombing OF
hospitals, unfortiA4ed towns, etc, and
other inhuman German practices.
10. Guarantee that Chinas right
a neutral shall be protected so as to pre-
vent powers making her soil a battle
ground in wars to which she IS not a
party.
There is every reason to expect also,
an expression by the conference of agree