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NAVAL Treaty is
READYFOR ACTION
Arms C0afar2es Agree on For
tifiCa.I0nS Question:
CALL TWO OPEN SESSIONS
Sea Pact ard Far Eastern Subjects
Both Will Be Considered Tomor-
row.

row.
Washington, Jan 31-Two plenarH
sessions of the Washington conference,
will lie held tomorrow, il was said
after meeting Of the naval commit
tee Of fifteen. at which a final agree
ment was reached on the Notifications
question, the only naval issue remain
ing unsolved when the committee Wen
into session.
The first plenary session will be
held in the morning and the ether in
the afternoon. one, ii is understood
will be held t. proclaim Ia rl,r wuvIf
the text of the naval treaty. and The
other probably viii deal with Eau
Eastern questions. II WIS Indicated
however,. that Thu, might not mean the
final ending of the Washington con-
ference. Is other details might have
10 be considered later
The armament committee of the con
ference will meet this afternoon To re
ceive the reports of lis naval commits
tee of fifteen, and the Far Eastern
Il half hour later 10 receive what ma,
be final reports from its suhcomtnit
ices.
Under the agreements said to have
been reached by the naval COMMITTEE
of fifteen in taking UP the question OF
Qualifications there will be no increaS,
by the present Notifications in III,
Aeusian islands. owned by the Unite'
States and The KuriIe islands. owned
by Japan.
Under the fortiticatioms a@reelnrm'
Great Britain will be permitted to for
fify Chdnghai and the islands acros,
Australia and New Zealand.
The text of Article - of The nava
treaty, dealing with lie subject OF
Notifications was made public as fol
lows:
The United States of America, the
British Empire and Japan agree tina
the status QUO at the time of the sign
.ng of the present treaty, with rtgart
to Notifications and naval bases. shal
be maintained in their respective ter
ritorie& and possessions specified here
under:
Il. Tile nsular possessions which
the United States now holds or an,
except (a) those adjacent to the coast
of the United States. Alaska and the
Panama Canal Zone, not including til,
Aleutian Islands and (b) the Hawai-
ian Islands
80 Hong Kong and the insular pos
sessions which the British Empire now
holds or may hereafter acquire in the
Pacific ocean east of the l cridian of
10 degrees east longitude, except (a)
those adjacent to the coast of Canada
% the commonwealth of Australia
and its territories, and (c) New Yea
land
-. The following inGular territories
and possessions of Japan in the Pa
cific ocean, to wit: The Kurile Islands
the BONN Islands, Amani-OShima, Loo
chOO Islands, Formosa and the PeSca-
dOreS and any inSular territories or
possessions il the Pacific ocean which
Japan may hereafter acquire
LIE maintenance VI tlle SIdluS quo
under the foregoing provisions implies
that no new fOrttiC tons OF naval
bases shall b established in the ter
ritOries and possessions specified; that
no measures shall be tai n to increase
The existing naval facilities for the
repair and maintenance of naval fore
as and that no increase shall be made
in the coast defense Of the territories
and possessions above specified. This
restriction, however. does not preclude
such repair anG rcplacel ent of worn
out weapons and equipment as is Gus
tOmary in naval and military p>tab
E>Hments in time of peace.
1t is on the question of the kuri!e
Islands and the Aleutian Islands. it j.
understood, that the Japanese made
reservations when they accepted other
phrases of the Notifications settle
ment.
With an agreement reached on the
Qualifications question, it was said that
all questions at issue before the naval
committee had been satisfactorily adj
iuSted.