The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-06
HARDING ENDS

todRy's adjustment IS marked b,
rejoicing in the things accomplish
ed. 1.-THE world has hungered fol
new assurance It may feast at the
banquet which the conference ma
spread. q
II am sure the people OF tht
United States are supremacy graft.
fed, and yet there Is Beant appre,
ciatton how narvelously you have
wrought. When the days were
laggtng aud agreements were de,
layed, when there were obstacles
within the h!ndrances without, few
stopped to realize that here was q
conference Of sovereign powers
with only unanimous considered
There were no victors 10 command
no vanquisred 10 yield. All had
voluntarily to agree In transplant
ing the consciousness OF preserya.
ton and give concrete expression
TO world opinion.
"And YOU have agreed IN spite
of all difficulties, aud the agree.
ments are proclaimed to the world
No new standards Of national
honor have been sought, but the
indictments Of national dishonol
have been drawn and the world Il
ready to proclaim the odiousness
OF perfidity.
"it ia-not presented that the
p9ss@iL Of, peace and the lin1itR,
zion Of armament are new eonceits
G. that the conference Is o new
conception either in settlement Of
war.
at. little matters what we ap.
praise as the outstanding accom-.
plishment. Anyone OF them alone
wopld have justified the coutsr.
epees but the whole achievement Ii
so cleared the atmosphere that Il
will seem like breathing the re,
freshlng air OF q, new morn Of
promise.
You have written tho FIRST de,
ltberate and effective expression
OF great powers, IN the conscious,
ness OF peace, OF wars utter futl.
ity. and challenged the sanity Of
competitive aspiring for each
others destruction.
"You have halted folly and lift
ed burdens and revealed to the
world one sure way to recover from
the sorrow and ruin and staggering
obligations Of q world war Is to
end the strife in preparation fol
more Of 1t, ann turn hEman ener,
gies to the constructiyeness Of
peace.
''Not all the world Is yet tran,
quilted. But here Is tho example
to embue with new hope, all who
dwell in apprehension. At this
table came understanding, aud
understanding brands armed con.
fict as abominable in the eyes oil
enlightened civilization.
2"And ! know our guests viii
pardon me while / make grateful
acknowledgement TO the American
delegadon-to you, Mr., Secretary
Hughes, to you, Senator Lodge, Il
you, Senator Underwood, to you,
Mr.. Root. to all Of you for your
able and splendidiy and highly pro,
posed and untiring endeavors 10
behalf Of our government and out
people, and to our excellent ADJ.
sorry committee which gave to you
so dependable a reaez Of that Am.
eriean public opinion which charts
the course Of this republic.
''It is 80 iipe, so gratifying, so
re-assurlng, so full Of promise,
that above the murmurings OF o
world sorrow not yet sileneed,
above, the groans which come Of
excessive burdens not yet lifted,
but to be lightened, above the dis
couragementa Of a world yet stsug.
Cling TO find Itself after surprising
uphelval there Is the note Of re
joiclng which Is not alone ours or
yours. or OF all of US, but comes
from the hearts Of men of-alI the
world"
Summary Of Conference
Six completed treaties, two
others agreed to in substance, Il
resolutions aud ten separate OF
Joint declarations Of national pol.
icy comprise the formal and tang.
ible contribution OF the arms con
ference to history
By the major agreements the
great, powers put a limit on their
naval strength in capital ships
abiure submarine warfare against
commerce and use OF poison gas,
give China a new bill of rights
based on territorial integrity and
the open door, and set up a new
international concord to preserve
peace in the Pacific. In addition,
Great Britain declares her inten'
ton to restore Wei-Hai-Wei to
China, and Japan hands back Shan
tung and promises to Withdraw
from Siberia as soon as conditions
there are stabilized, s
These are the SIX treaties which
during the u weeks OF negotiations
here, have been brought to final
completion:
Scrap So Ships
one-Naval limitation treaty, by
which the United States, Great
Britain, Japan, France, and Italy
agree to scrap or convert IS capital
ships, and so limit future con
struction, SO that after a ten year
building holiday their first line
naval strength viii remain at b2Sy
OoOstons, 525; 600 tons, $4,000 tons
176,0o0 tons and 10000 tons, re
spectiyely.
The respective tonnage OF air.
plane carriers is limited to $4,000
tons each for the United States
and Great Britain, $1,000 tons fol-
Japan, and 10000 tons each fol
France and Italy. Individual cap
itai lhina are IN he no larEar than