Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-02
ENJOYS PREDICT
! AD OU RNMENT
Of ARMS MEET
Z WEEKS HENCE
Five-PoWer Naval Limitation
Treaty viii Be Put Into
Final Form This Week,
One Delegate Says,
DIFFICULT ISSUES IN
n FAR EASTERN PROBLEM
.Sbantung Negotiations Are
DaadIockedi Siberian Sit
uation Has Come Into
Prominence Recently,
(By The Associated Press.)

Washington, Jan. / (by the AS
sociated Press) The arms con-
I, ference begins the new year with
most members looking toward a
final adjournment two weeks
hence. despite the prospect Of
having to clear away several trou-
blesome issues.
An American delegate predicted
today that the five-power naval
limitation treaty would be put into
final form this week, and that next
week a settlement would be eff
fected covering the Far Eastern
field. The same expectation was
echoed in the foreign delegations,
slnost of whose members have made
definite plans to leave about mid
January.
To Press Matters.
A tendency to press the nego-
tiations to conclusion even if some
original hopes for accomplishment
7 have to go by the board. is evident
in many quarters. Delegates are
said to feel that seven weeks of
discussions have fully developed
the various national viewpoints,
and that little is to be gained by
prolonged debate.
In pursuance of this policy the
naval experts will spend tomorrow
at work. None expects to find
serious difficulty in the technical
adjustments remaining to be form
ulated to cover such questions as
, methods of replacement and scrap
, ping, and there is general feeling
that the end of the week may see
a plenary session for announce
ment of a formal five-power naval
treaty.
At the same time announcement
may be made Of the new six-power
treaty partitioning the former
German cable properties in the Pa
cific. This instrument has not re-
ceiyed the formal approval of all
interested nations but the delegates
seem confident that unanimous as
sent will not be long delayed.
Far Eastern Problem.
The Far Eastern problem, prom
ise TO develop some difficult issues
Shantung negotiations are dead
locked, the Chinese request for
conference discussion Of the twen-
ty-one demands is meeting with
determined opposition from the
Japanese, and the Siberian situa-
tion has come into prominence
through publication of alleged
secret understandings between the
Japanese and the French concern
ing a Japanese policy toward ST.
IBERIA.
An unofficial commission sent to
the conference by the Far Eastern
republic of Chita. Siberia, made
public the alleged secret agree
ments of the French and Japanese
governments. They are denied by
both the French and Japanese
plenipotentiaries, who denounced
the documentary evidence present
ed by the Far Eastern commission
as constituting a forgery" and
malicious falsehoods."
Whether the accusation Will come
formally before the conference
is uncertain, since Far Eastern rep
resentatives not only are not men,
bers but are speaking for an un-
recognized government. The ST.
berian situation. however, Is on the
agenda for the Far Eastern dis
cussions, and the Chinese or some
other delegation may inject the
Far Eastern charges into the ne
gotiations.
Scope Of Pacific Treaty.
If a plenary session is held this
week 1t is not impossible that its
program may include ratification
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