Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-10
SIX new TREATIES
Biggest achievements Of the Arms
Conference.
LIMIT TO NAVAL STRENGTH EFFECTED

There 10 Now Pron1lss that Chih4, May
Have a Better Show Than ets Hss
Been Havins-Ten sspsfate 1ssta.
ratiens AZ to international Policy
Six completed treaties, stwo ;ptbsfs
agreed to in substance, IA resdiIttohs
and ten separate or joint deelarati6ns
OF national policy comprise the formal
and tangible contribution ;6f&ths arms
conference negotiations to history.
BY the major agreements Of lie. con-
ference the great powers put o. limit
on their naval strength In capital
ships, abjure submarine warfare
against commerce and use of poison
gas, give China a new bill Of rights
based on territorial integrity and Stiie
open door and set upsa new intertia-
tional concord to preserve peace,in the
Pacific. In addition : Great Britain
declares her Intention to restore Wei
Hai-Wei to China, and Japan hands
back Shantung and promises TO with
draw from Siberia as soon as condi-
tions there are stabilized. 81
These are the six treaties which.
during the IL weeks OF negotiations
in Washington, have been brought to
final completion: y',S "
/. The naval limitation treaty. Sby
which the United States, Great Britain,
Japan, France and Italy agree 10 scrap
or convert 68 capital ships and so limit
further construction that, after q tsh
year building holiday, their first Ina
naval strength Will remain at i525,00o
tons, 525.000 tons. $4,000 tons. 175,oOp
tons and 175,0Oo tons, respectively. The
respective tonnage Of airplac : carriers
Is limited to 135,e00 tons each for the
United States and Great Britain, $1,000
tons for Japan and 10000 tons each for
France and Italy. Individual capital
ships are to be no larger than 5000
tons and carry no guns In excess OF tB
inches. Aircraft carriers are limitsd
similarly to $4,000 tons and auxiliary
craft to 10000 tons, and neither can
carry gun larger than eight lfhches.
A Notifications status quos is setlab
in the Pacific, under which the United
States agrees not to further fortifythe
Philippines and Guam and ssJapkn
agrees to observe the same rsstFfction I
to Formosa, the Bonlns and the Pss-
cadores. raB ,9N5t =, u.
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2. The sdbmafffs = una poison gAs
treaty, to which the same fv4 poMscs
are signatories. Byf ttss terms zths
powers agree as among iaenaseixes not
to use submarines aas eotiinetce idss-
troyers," III all cases B 70. observe the
rules Of visit and ssafaass and to- trsssfd
as pirate any submarine comnahder
who violates existing ;lsw. As aH1d4g
themselves they outlaw use Of poasta
gas altogether rt,ls..Yss (; t;S,fy>r -
.. The four power PeciA c.treaty. by
which the United States Great Bttajh
Japan and France agree. respect oae
another's rights in relation TO thstr In
sular possessions in the Pacific aid. TO
meet in consultation whensRer those
rights are threatened. s. The 9Apg1H-
Japanese alliance is autonattca3E eb-
rogated when the new treaty fnaaiy 10
ratified. -"' $50 u 49,
4. The general Ear Eastern treaty,
between the United iStates, Great Bstt-
ain, Japan. France, Italy, china, Bsf-
gium, Portugal and the Netherlands.
binding each Of them to respect chinass
integrity; the open door policy 10 70 be-
applied in detail, and every opportuntr
ty is to be given the Chinese; people TO
develop "a stable government It ts
agreed that no treaty Infringing these
principles Is to be concluded, that no
contracts violating them are to besup-
held, that discriminatory practices IN,
the Chinese railways Is TO end. and.
that China's rights as neutral are TO
be respected in future wars. oGs tts5
s. The Chinese tariff treaty. adhered.
to by the same nine nations, providing
international machinery for an immA-.
diate revision Of Chinese customs du-
ties on a basis Of per cent. effective, !,
and periodical revision thereafter, to-
gether with changes which will permit !.
imposition Of surtaxes.s y,u;'s5S
g. The Shantung treaty between Ja-
pan and China, by which Shantung 10
restored to Chinese control. O. ~
BY one Of the uncompleted treaties
agreed to In substance during the coA-
ference, Japan gives the United States
the long sought cable and wireless
privileges on the island OF Yap, and by
the other the five principal powers anu
the Netherlands allocate the, former
German owned cables IN the Pacific. 30
that one goes to the United States, one
to Japan and one to the Netherlands
... Resolutions in Brisf. f,> u
Briefly, the II resolutions given COM
ference approval, embody the following
conditions: - h= 81
Agreement for withdrawal Of foreign
postoffices from China on January A.
1923, provided China maintains an ef-'
ficient postal service and continues IN
Office the present foreign co-director
general. -
Establishment of an international
commission to investigate the Chinese
a ,Ax 10 oh