The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-12-28
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

January found the great powers sui
engaged in formulating treaties ana
agreements In the Washington confer
ence on ornaments and Pacific ocean
problems. and on February / the dele
gates. in plenary session, adopted the
fve-pow err naval limitation treaty with
an agreement on Pacific fOrtiiicatlons;
passed resolutions declaring the open
door In China, and approved n treaty
for the restriction Of the use OF poison
gas and submarines In warfare. Al
the same time. Mr.. Balfour announced
that Great Britain would restore Wei
Hai-Wei TO China. Three days later
the conference approved a number Of
treaties designed to restore to China
some Of her lost liberties and passed
Il resolution for the creation Of an In
teruatiunal commission 20 revise the
rules Of warfare. On February 9 the
delegates signed an the treaties and
the conference adjourned sine die, and
I'm four days President Harding sub.
mIitrd the treatles to the senate.
BY the end Of March the senate had
ratified an these treaties, as wen AS
one with Japan, by which the trou-
hlesome question Of American rights
on the island Of Yap was settled. Great
Britain and Japan also, in the course
Of time, ratified the conference pacts,
and. like the United States took steps
toward putting into effect the terms
OF the treaty on naval limitation But
France, more Interested in her own
troubles connected with the German
reparatlons and with the developments
in the Near Enst delayed action, and
hey example was followed by several
smaller nations. Thus the full effect
Of some OF the treaties was lost for the
tine being
Rehabilitation " Europe, economic
and financial, was the great problem
nat confronted the world and, OF
coarse, IT'S solution depended 10 a con
siderable extent on settlement Of the
German reparhtions matter This bad
not been reached when the year came
a. close. The allied commission, m
International bankers committee ant
various individuals struggled with IN,
question throughout the lively,
months but It would be tedious 10 tel
"a detail Of their efforts The German
STEADILY maintained that complete ON
forcement Of the treaty Of Versatile
would ruin Germany and be dsastrou
FOR the rest Of Europe, although Dot
tor Wirth, the chancellor, held thn
Germany must and would ultmatel
pay the reparntiOns bill. Berlin inNs
ed that long moratorium be granite
on All the payments and that ma int
national loan 10 Germany be arrange,
France depending on the reparator
money for reconstruction ana contlul
ally on tie verge Of bankruptcy. woul
not listen 10 propositions for the r
ducilon Of the war bin and from tin
20 time made preparations 10 put INF
effect sanctions against Germany. sue
as occupying the ltuhr district and Il
national forests In the Rhlueland. A
ways Great Britain objected to this VI
III late ia the year, when Bonar La
had succeeded Lloyd George as prlu
minister Then, NJ conference ,
the allied premiers In London. Bona
Law gave the French 10 understan
that though Britain could not appro,
Of military measures against German
she would not actively oppose them
the Germans defaulted In the repari
tons payments due In January. IN
conference adjourned TO meet IN Par
on January 2 and Premier poincai
intirnated that he might be Statistic
with milder measures. About III
gans IL was stated III Washington M
the Tinted States was lo0kinE for
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