Evening journal., 1922-02-06
Hardingis FmerOeH address
to World Arms Conference
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world for ratification.
prayer by the Rev. DR.. Aber-
nethy. Harding's pastor, followed
] Harding's speech of praise.
rap OF Secretary Hughes gavel
hen brought the conference to an
end at lila. according to confer
ence clerk.
In the stately d. A. r. hall be-
meath the vari-colored banners OF
nine nations represented here oc-
CURED the ceremony which crowned
/ three months OF arduous labor-a
i labor marked with more fruitful
results toward world peace than
centuries OF dreaming after such
achievements. II was a stirring
scene.
A distinguished company headed
/ by the President OF the United States
saw the delegations file to table
within the center OF the great hall.
attach their signatures carefully and
4 file back to their places around
/ tho great horseshoe table which had
witnessed so much making OF his
tory the past 12 weeks.
President Harding the ceremony
done addressed the gathering.
The work his invitation had set
in motion was at an end
And his speech was n sort OF god
speed to the delegates, a sort of
benediction on a noble work.
The delegations. the audience of
beautiful women. Senators, who soon
will pass upon the treaties diplo-
mats Of many nations and plain
everyday folk followed his words
with a rapt attention.
The treaties. signed by the nine
powers were the Chinese customs
document and the Chinese policy
treaty giving China a new deal and
a new place in the sun.
The treaties signed by the Ave
powers. America, Britain. France.
Italy and Japan were the naval
: limitation setting a curb on naval
building by scrapping many craft
and placing a limit on future ship
construction and the joint poison
gas and submarine limitation docu-
ment The treaty signed by the four
powers, America, Britain, France and
4 Japan was a supplement to the al
ready signed four-power Pacific
treaty defining clearly what Japan's
insular possessions are.
The treaties drawn in parallel
columns OF English and French will
rest within the archives OF the United
States and II ratified will remain
there an enduring monument to
American leadership in the age-old
effort 10 achieve a curb on war.
Movie cameras clicked during the
signing
The hall itself was without adorn-
ment except for the flags long fiune
there. High above the horseshoe
table-omen OF good iuck-hung the
emblems OF each nation while at.
tached to a ring above the center
hung another mass OF banners
Seated at the head was President
Harding. Secretary Hughes. Th'
American. the British and Frenci
delegations. while ranged at th'
7 sides came the Italian. Japanese
J. Chinese Portuguese. Dutch, Belgian
The Interpreters table had beer
cleared away to make room for tn
treaty table. AZ this were seats -
the delegates could sign at leisure
A busy State Department attendant
saw to Il that the mass OF documents
were not mixed.
IL was decided that one copy OF
each treaty should be signed. 9th
ier authenticated copies win be fur
lnished the respective countries.
The final session of the confer
ence opened soon after 10 o'clock.
Applause greeted Balfour, Hughes
and other delegates as they arrived
The hall buzzed with the converse
ton OF delegates and guests II was
a happy group, the care and worries
OF three months work seemed tc
vanish in the satisfaction OF a good
task accomplished and in the knowl
edge that home was now in sight
II was 1909 when Secretar,
Hughes. greeted with applause
; announced the meeting was opened
Il am happy to announce" h'
said, vthat the treaty between Chin'
and Japan relating to shantung wa
signed on Sunday.
He then announced that othe
treaties would now be signed in al
phabetical order. Under the methol
OF signing agreed upon each natioi
signed all the treaties at once.
The American delegation headed
bv Secretary OF state Hughes, frs
stepped TO the treaty table and afiix
ed their signatures opposite tn
great red seals. Senator Lodge fol
lowed Hughes. then came Elihu Roo
!, and Senator Underwood
/, Loud applause greeted the acuo
l OF the American delegation as
! slowly marched around the treat
table and signed the history maxim
, documents.
/. Sidney Smith, "chief OF protocols
: OF the State Department. who ha
presided, at every treaty signing q
the Department FOR many year,
watched over the proceeding anxi
ously seeing that each signer pickle
{ the proper lines whereon TO afii
his name.
1 Following the signing by Amei
( lea representatives OF little Belgiui
5 stepped to the table and affixed thei
r signatures TO the two nine-powe
treaties Of the conference affectin
-, China. The delegation headed b
I Baron de Cartier was given a bi
/ ovation.
III The audience broke into long ar
4 plause when Great Britain's del,
/ cation. headed by the stately Ba