Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-02-16
Arms Conference Ends and Its
First Results Appear in an
Order by DENLY
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by EDWARD W. plckARD


| A CHIEvEMENTs OF the conference
A on ornaments signaiixe a new
era OF understanding In which prepar-
edness for war will yield to moral pre-.
%paredness for peace. said President
Harding to the delegates at their last
session on Monday.
Your achievement Ia supreme" he
continued, because no seed Of conflict
has been sown no reaction in regret or
resentment eve cen Justify resort to
arms. You have written the first de-
1iberate and effective expression OF
great powers, In the conscientiousness
of peace, OF wars utter futility, and
challenged the sanity of competitive
preparation for each others .desfruc-
ton"
Although the President made no ref
ereBee directly to the heRe=Ae had pre-
viously expressed that an association
of nations would come from the cons
ference. he predicted a continuance of
international discussion TO carry for
ward the work.
Before Mfr. Harding made his adj
dress the five treaties agreed upon by
the conference were formally signed,
and when the President concluded
Secretary Of State Hughes declared
the conference adjourned sine die
Now II is up TO the United States
enate 10 put the stamp OF approval
on the work accomplished by the con-
ference. President Harding indicated
that he would transmit TO II without
delay the treaties. and the steering
committee of the senate, which met
with him Tuesday evening. promised
hat they should rave the right Of way
until the tariff bill IN reported. The
debate probably will be prolonged. but
there seems little reason to doubt that
the treaties viii be ratified.
The first tangible results Of the con-
ference appeared Wednesday. when
Secretary Of the Navy DENLY. under
direction OF the President. ordered the
OF work ON eight battle
ships and six battle cruisers now I'M
der construction, pending fnal action
the naval treaty. When the treaty
has been ratified the contracts for the
ships viii be cancelled. The building
operations stopped by Secretary Den
by's order have been costing the gov
srnment about 100000 a month. OF
the eight bsffleships, d will be COM
I~ater-eitber the West Virginia
" the Washington The Colorado.
which is almost completed and il not
included in the list. also will be I'm
shed. Two Of the battle cruisers are
o be completed as aIrplane carriers.
OF the foreign countries represented
n the conference the only one where
here seems to be any organized oppo-
jtion to the treaties is japan. Baron
IAksmofo is leading the opposition In
he house OF peers and criticized Sc
'erely the agreements reached. Pre-
nIer Tnkahashi and his ministers met
he attack ably. The premier saft
hat the government did not claim the
difference was an unqualified success,
fewed from an individual standpoint,
Ut that IL did believe. with the other
over that the agreements reached
ERE the drst step toward a real and
lsfiDg peace and would lead TO q fu-
m understanding for The total aboif
|on Of defense equipments.
Japan. like the United States, has
Isppsd construction work on It's new
nD1tai ships.
4 CHILE HATTI, who was csrdi
nal archbishop Of Milan, was |
rowped pope under the name OF Plus {
/ On February II. His ascension 4