Evening star., 1922-02-05
Signing of Treaties Only Task
Remaining Before Adjourn
ing Sessions.
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT
WILL MARK THE CLOSE
Amazing Amount of Business
Transacted at Plenary Session
Held Yesterday.
by q. GOULD LINCOLN.

BY &. GOULD LINCOLN.
The Washington conference. having
completed it's labors. waits only un-
til tomorrow for adjournment. The
delegates will affix their signatures to
the treaties negotiated-the achieve
ments of the conference-at an open
session in Memorial Continental Hall
at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
President Harding, who issued the
call for the conference and who openI
ed the conference November IL. with
an address epitomizing the purpose
of the gathering. fittingly will deliver
address at the final meeting to-
morrow.
Events Move Rapidly.
Under the guiding hand of Secre-
tary Hughes, it's chairman, the con-
ference in plenary session yesterday
transacted an amazing amount of
business, including the approval of
two treaties relating to China, and
then listened to farewell addresses
by the heads of each of the nine dele
cations participating.
and the nations which will sign are:
The naval limitation treaty the
United States. the British Empire.
France. Italy and Japan.
A treaty which is in effect bill
of rights for China, pledging her
integrity and reaffirming the open
door policy-the United States, Bel
gium, the British Empire, China,
France. Italy, Japan, the Neither
lands and Portugal.
Customs Tariff Revised.
A treaty revising the Chinese
customs tariff-the United States,
Belgium, the British Empire. China.
France, Italy, Japan. the Nether'
lands and Portugal. .... ~
A treaty prohibiting the use Of sub
marines as commerce destroyers and
poison gas in time of war-the
United states, the British Empire,
France, Italy and Japan.
A Supplement- to the four-power "a
cific treaty, designed to exclude the
homeland of Japan from the opera
tion of that treaty-the United States'
the British Empire. France and Japan.
The four-power Pacific treaty, when
p,edees the signatories to respect
the rights of each other in their in
sular possessions and dominions in
the Pacific region; to consult with
each other whenever war CLOUDS
threaten in this region, and which
nroyides for the elimination OF the
Anslo-Japanese alliance, was signed
several weeks ago.
Point of Attack Lost.
The supplement to the four-power
Pacific pact excluding from its op-
sration the homeland of Japan re-
moves one point of attack threatened
by opponents of the treaty in the
United States Senate. 1t was held IN
some quarters that no treaty should
he made to respect the homeland OF
1anan. when the homeland of the
other contracting powers were ex-
cluded. The request for the eiimlna-
tion Of Japan's homeland from the
application of the treaty, however
came from Japan herself, where cr1ti-
cism also had been raised on the
ground that it was not dignified for
Janan to have her homeland included
when those of the other powers were
not.
The Shantung treaty. under which
japan returns to China the former
German leasehold in the province OF
Shantung and the Shantung railroad-
was signed by the Japanese and
Chinese delegates last evening in the
Pan-American building. The sigma
lures were affixed in the presence of
Secretary Hughes and Mr.. Balfour.
through whose good offices the agree
ment on Shantung largely was
brought about.
Other Pacts to Be Signed.
Two other important treaties, that
between the United States and Japan
in regard to the Island of Yap. and
,pe agreement relating to the former
,;erman-owned cables in the Pacific
and the Atlantic. which have moved
toward completion while the Wash
tnpton conference has been sitting,
but which are apart from it, will be
signed at early dates through the reg
uIar diplomatic channels. .'.---
So much for the tangible results OF
the conference In the opinion of the
delegates, the conference has brought
ahout a new era In international ne
.-otiation and understanding. This
idea was expressed by Senator Schan-
YER. head of the italian delegation,
Yesterday, when he said:
mo one would be justified in saying
that this conference has not found the
noint of departure of a new era in
international policy; that there has
not been laid down the foundation of
a new and more solid equilibrium of
the world"
French Praise Example.
And NJ. Sarraut. head Of the French
delegation, remarked.
What is great and noble here is
the example which has been set by
the great countries here represented
10 other countries; and when these
treaties are signed they will be an
example to other countries to settle
their differences and disputes ami
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