The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-20
Hughes Expresses Doubt
AS To Feasibility of
Getting Complete Data
90 This Subject By the
lime Che Conference
Gets Ready To O.

Honlulu, Jan. 20.-Prince Tokuga
wa, en- route home from the Washing
ton conference, in an address here to-
night, compared the feelings of the
japanese delegates on the voyage to
Washington three months ago with
their present sentiments.
Referring to the tempestous voy-
age of the Kashima Maru, which
brought the Japanese delegation to
America. Prince Tokugawa said the
stress and storms of that voyage re-
fiected the doubts and misgivings Of
the delegates. Similarly the calm
seas and delightful weather of the re-
turn voyage, he said, has reflected
the sense of peace and security felt
by the returning members of the
party.
"If the conference had accomplished
no more than the four power pacific
treaty" Prince Tokugawa said, cit
would have been no small achieve
ment. But it did far more. 1t
brought far eastern problems nearer
world that Japan wants peace and not
war. 1t secured peace for ten years,
a period which it seems probable will
be prolonged indefinitely"
Will Publish Treaties
Washington, Jan. 20.-(By the AS
sociated Press. Formal adoption by
the arms conference far eastern COM
mttee of the American proposal for
publication of all treaties and under
standings relating to China's inter-
ests was forecast today by the gen
eral approval given the suggestion at
it's proceeding session. The terms of
the resolution prepared for action of
the committee today embodying the
general decision on the proposal
reached yesterday, was understood to
provide that each government make
known not only the agreements to
which such government itself was a
party, but all separate agreements
and understandings entered into by
its nationals and of which it has
knowledge.
Replying to the suggestion of the
Japanese, presented with their gen.
eral approval of the proposal yester-
day, that it might be very difficult for
any nation to provide a complete list
of the various engagements of private
individuals and corporations, Secre-
tary Hughes, who offered the propos-
al, stated that no government could
be expected to list obligations of
which it had no knowledge. He added,
however, that such engagements
might easily be of great Importance
and suggested that those of which
the governments did have knowledge
be made known.
In, presenting his proposal, Secre-
tary Hughes expressed the view that
full knowledge by the powers rep
resented of all existing commitments
in China would be of great aid in any
international discussion of Chinese
problems. He added, also that the
present conference offered an oppor-
tunity for any discussion to which a
presentation might suggest AS to
this, however, it appeared doubtful
today that such a listing of commit
ments could well be accomplished be-
fore the Washington conference ad-
journed.
With the naval limitation treaty
put through a final revision, and now
completed except for the Pacific for
tifications section, the naval experts
of the powers met again today to try
to work out new phrasing of this
article. There were hopes Of an early
solution of the question despite the
fact that the Japanese instructions
from Toxic on it were understood to
not be concluded and in some quar-
ters it was believed the conclusion
of the treaty might be announced at
plenary session early next week.
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