The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-11
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(Continued From Page One.1 very beginning, and pointed the way 10 their attainment. The powers ii conference took the world of the Pacific as they found 1t in fact. They dealt with actualities by vol { untary and unanimous agreement, aud have added to mankind's assur- snce and hopefully advanced interna- ttonal peace.
 All Give Up Rights
 Tt is worth while saying that the powers in this conference sought no concert to dispossess any power of Is rights or property. All the sig natories have given Up certain rights which they had. as their contribu- lion to concord and peace, but at no sacrifice of national pride, with no regret or resentment to later flame in conflict. Some relinquished cer- tain rights or prerogatives which they had asserted. notably in the set clement of the Shantung controversy dealt with in a covenant quite apart from the group herewith submitted. But every concession was a willing one, without pressure or constraint The conference record is quite unpar- alelied not alone because there was the maximum of good feeling and neighborliness throughout the ses- 9tOtAg bul IOAtitipil IHJOJClUB III IuG TG- suits; and the separations in de- parture were marked by genuine eordiality good will. and new hopes.
 Tt is not necessary to remind you that the conference work was not directed against any power or group If powers. There were no punish nents to inflict. no rewards to be- stow. Mutual consideration and the common welfare, and the desire for 4rsfA Ia1 gTr -ss.,, reached and the covenants written neither require nor contemplate com puisive measures against any power in the world signato or nonsigna- tory. The offerings are free will; the conscience Is that of world opinion i; the observance is matter of ma tional honor.
 No Nation DespOiled
 These treaties leave no power de- spoiled. Every power participating adjourned with every right and every authority with which they came ex- cept that which was willingly and gladly given up to further the com mon welfare. I can assure you the nine powers have been brought more closely together, they are stauncher neighbors and friends, they have clearer and better estimates of one another. they have seen suspicion challenged and selfishness made to retreat; they have keener and more sympathetic understandings and they are more strongly willed for right and justice in internal relations than ever before. I believe, with all my heart, the powers in conference have combined to make the world safer and better and more hopeful place in which to live.
 'It was a helpful thing to have the conference reveal how common our human aspirations are and how easy it Is, when the task Is properly approached, to reconcile our national aspirations. There are mutual and essential interests directing the vel fare and peace of all nations and they cannot be promoted by force. They can be revealed and magnified in that understanding which 1t Is now proven, the conference of peace pro- notes, and the same understanding makes compulsion and despoiIment hateful in the eyes of mankind.
 Seven Treaties Submitted
 'The treaties submitted, seven in number. are;
 "The covenant of limitation to na- val armament between our republic .and the British Empire, France, Italy and Japan.
 "The treaty between the same pow CTS in relation to the use of subma- rines and noxious gases in warfare.
 'sThe treaty between the United States. the British Empire. France and Japan. relating to their lnsular possessions and their insular domin- ions in the Pacific.
 "A declaration accompanying the four-power treaty reserving Amer ican rights in mandated territory. "An agreement supplementary to the four-power treaty defining the . application of the term, insular pos