The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-01-13
PRESIDENT HEARS
FROM SENATORS
Told China Siberia Question Must
BE Settled Right.
END OF FARLEY NOT IN, SIGHT
Coed Faith Action ls Demanded
Vigorous Opposition From Two
Different Sources Looms Ahead
Of Arms Conference.

Washington, Jan. 11.-Vigorous op-
position from two different directions
doomed up ahead of the ornaments
conference. tip came down TO the
administration from Capitol hill that
If the Far Eastern phase of the confer
ence, particularly as it affects China
and Siberia, is not settled in good
faith, all other accomplishments re-
curing senatorial ratification will be
seriously jeopardized.
A two-and-a-half-hour session of the
chiefs of the American, British, Jap
anese, French and Italian delegations
disclosed SO much objection to the five
power naval treaty that all hope of eff
fecting an agreement within the next
two or three days had to be abandoned.
AS a result of these unexpected de-
velOpments talk OF final adjournment
of the conference by the end of the
present week or the middle of next
was brought to a sudden end.
End Not in Sight.
In light Of the demand from the cap
itol for good faith action by the con-
ference on the Far Eastern questions
q statement made at the White House
was regarded as highly significant.
President Harding, the White House
statement said, regards settlement
of the Shantung issue as one of the
great "desiderata" of the conference.
The President, moreover, was declared
to have the strongest personal concern
and hope that this question now at a
deadlock between the Japanese and
Chinese will be definitely and salts
factorily disposed of.
Mr. Harding was said to have closely
and carefully followed the Shantung
conversations" which were carried on
outside the conference but under the
good offices" of Secretary Hughes and
Arthur BalfOur. Many times accord
ing to the White House, it had APP
peared to the President that the whole
matter was on the verge of a settle
ment, then came the break in the negO-
tiations. He still hopes it can be adj
iusted In manner satisfactory to both
sides.
The bareback at the capitol on the
Far Eastern situation was caused by
an obvious disposition, particularly on
the part of the British and Japanese,
with some evidences of American ac-
quiescence, to gloss over that phase of
the conference. The idea seemed to be
gaining prevalence that those ques-
tons which held out, hope of early set
Element should be taken up and others
passed over; in other words, that
whenever Japan wished to prevent
any effort to deprive her of any of
her forced advantages all she had to
do was to object and the matter would
be dropped.
Western senators have made it plain
that they will resist such an outcome
with all possible vigor Elimination
of the causes Of friction in the Pacific
was one of the two prime objects Of
the conference and these statesmen
are unwilling to agree to a reduction
of the country's means of defense
while still leaving in the Far East this
same condition, probably in a more ag.
.gravated form, which appeared before
the conference to be leading inevitably
to war.
Good Faith Necessary.
The vital necessity of good faith in
dealing with the Far Eastern problems
was further emphasized by the receipt
at Chinese headquarters of cable
gram from Picking telling of a move
ment to overthrow the new cabinet for
conspiring with the japanese to be-
tray China or the Shantung railway
issue.
Statements by American and British
spokeSmen revealed that there will be
at least twelve treaties growing out
of the conference, namely: Four power
Pacific treaty, five-power naval treaty
nine-power Far Eastern treaty, two
power treaty on Shantung. treaty or
Notifications in the Pacific, with the
United States Great Britain, Japan
and possibly France, as signatorieS
and separate treaties on Siberia, sub
marines, poison gas, zap, Pacific ca
Dies ana revision OF the rules OF war
fare
All the treaties to which the United
States is party will be submitted
TO the senate simultaneously, it was
stated officially at the White House
President Harding, it was indicated
personally will go before the senate
with the pacts Immediately after the
conference adjourns.