Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-02-07

DtLOIG nm lay, newly SlS llGui lllt
treaties by which the world pre-
dominant nations agreed to limit
ttheir nayies, to guarantee a deal
for China and to set up an inter
national concord to keep the peace
in the Pacific.
New Morn of Promise.
1T matters little" he said, what
we appraise as the outstanding aC-
complishments. Any one of them
alone will have justified the con-
ference, but the whore achievement
has cleared the atmosphere that il
viii seem like breathing the re-
freshing air of a new morn of prom
ise."
1t may be that the naval holiday
here contracted will expire with the
treaty, but | do not so believe,
Those of us who live another de-
cade are more likely to witness a
growth of public opinion, strength
erred by the new experience, which
viii make nations more concerned
with living to the fulfillment OF
Gods high intent than with a gen.
ius of warfare and destruction.
"Since this conference of nations
has pointed with unanimity to the
way of peace today, like confer
ences in the future, under appro-
pirate conditions and with aims
well conserved and definite, may
illuminate the highways and by
ways Of human activity. The
torches of understanding have been
lighted, and they ought to glow and
encircle the globe"
Closes With Prayer.
The president delivered his mes
sage as soon as the formal signing
Of the treaties had been concluded
and when he finished the confer
ence closed, as it had opened No
vember II, with prayer. Within a
few hours some of the foreign dele
cations already had left Washing
ton and most of the others will go
tomorrow.
Four treaties and a supplement
TO a fifth We're given final approval
today, but their red wax seals had
been attached in advance and the
entire ceremony occupied less than
an hour. No other business re-
NAMED and the seventh and final
plenary session ended at 11;13 a.
Iltsr OIIC IIOuI anu NANN'll ILAihNN1'f
after it was called to order.
In the order of their signature,
the Instruments to which the pleni-
potentiaries affixed their names
were the four-pOwer Pacific treaty
supplement, excluding the princi-
pal japanese islands from the scope
of the pact; the five-power naval
limitation treaty; the fivepower
submarine and poison gas treaty;
the nine-power general Far East
ern treaty, and the nine-power
Chinese tariff treaty.
OF the three other treaties result
ing from the negotiations, that re-
lating to Shantung, was signed Sat
urday and those dealing with cable
rights in zap, and ALLEGATION of the
former German Pacific cables are
yet to be put into final form by
direct exchanges between the in
terested governments. The four
power Pacific treaty was signed
December IS.
The signing took place at the
desk of the secretary general in
the center of the great hollow
square formed by the U-shaped
green baize table about which all
plenary sessions Of the conference
we're held. Only delegate sat at
the desk at table, but to shorten
the ceremony it was arranged that
each should sign in immediate sue
cession all the documents to which
his government was party.
Americans File In.
Amid applause from the hun
dreds who had crowded into Con-
tinental hall to see the windup of
the conference, the American dele
cation filed around the table and
into the hollow square a few min
utes after the session began. One
after another, Secretary Hughes,
Senator Lodge, Senator Under
wood, and Elihu Root wrote thei"
names to the five agreements, each
touching lightly, as a token of ap-
proval, the seals already set oppo-
site the spaces left for his sigma
ture.
Called in alphabetical order, the
Belgian, British, Chinese, French, |
Italians, japanese, Netherlands