Evening star., 1922-02-10
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fiict. Much as it was desirable to lift
] the burdens of naval armament and
| strike at. the menace of competitive
construction and consequent expen-
| d1ture. the executive branch of the
| government, which must be watchful
Tor the nations safety, was unwilling
to covenant a reduction of armament
until there could be plighted new
| guarantees of peace. until there could
, be removed the probable menaces of
! conflict. Therefore all the treaties
submitted for your approval have
such important relationship. one to
another, that, though not interde-
pendent. they are the covenants of
| harmony, of assurance. of conviction,
or conscience and of unanimity. These
We have believed to be essential to
perfect the fu!fillment which the Con-
gress has in mind.
| End OF Contradictions.
As simple matter of fact. all of the
agreements. except those dealing direct
! ly with the limitation OF armament,
| take the place of various multi-power
\ treaties, arrangements or understand
ings. formal or informal, expressed or
implied, relating to matters in the
| Pacific ocean. in which all the powers
| signatory were essentially. IL not equal
ly, concerned. The new agreements
| serve to put an end to contradictions,
, to remove antiquities and establish
! clear understandings.
! No matter what mental reservations
may have existed, or what doubts may
have prevailed, because here was an ex-
pertinent new In many phases. all of
| the powers came to the conference
knowing 1t was to deal with very prac-
teal situations affecting their inter
national relations. There was mutual
interest, quite apart from the greater
; achievement for world peace. and a way
to common understanding was found
| to be practical and speedily arranged
If it has developed a new world school
of diplomacy. let it be SO called. II re-
vealed the ends aimed at In the very
beginning. and pointed the way to their
attainment. The powers In conference
| took the world of the Pacific as they
found it in fact. They dealt with actu-
alities by voluntary and unanimous
agreement, and have added to mankind s
assurances and hopefully advanced in
ternational peace.
1t is worth while saying that the
powers in this conference sought no
:concert to dispossess any power of its
rights or property. All the sigma
, tories have given up certain rights
which they had, as their contribu-
ton to concord and peace. but at
no sacrifice of national pride, with
no regret or resentment to later
| flame in conflict. Some relinquished
certain rights or prerogatives which
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tlement of the Shantung controversy,
Jdealt within a covenant quite apart
from the group herewith submitted.
| But every concession was willing
one. without pressure or constraint.
| The conference record Is quite un-
paralleled, rot alone because there
was the maximum of good feeling
and neighborliness throughout the
session. but common rejoicing In the
results: and the separations in de-
Z n ore m ri nI hv n a
cordiality. good viii. and new hopes.
No Punishments to InnIct.
1t is not necessary to remind you
, that the conference work was not
directed against any power or group
, of powers There were no punish
| ments to inflict. no rewards to bestow.
| Mutual consideration. and the COM
peace impelled. The conclusions
| reached and the covenants writtea
| neither require nor contemplate COM
pulsiye measures against any power
in the world. signatory or nonsigna-
tory. The offerings are free will, the
conscience is that of world opinion;
the observance is a matter of national
honor.
These treaties leave no power
despoiled. The delegates of every
power participating adjourned with
| every right and every authority with
! which they came. except that which
, was willingly and gladly given up to
. further the common welfare. / can
assure you the nine powers have been
! brought more closely together. they
are stauncher neighbors and friends.
they have clearer and better estimates
of one another, they have seen sus-
ipicion challenged and selfshnesS made
| to retreat, they have keener and more
sympathetic understandings, and they
are more strongly willed for right
and justice in international relations
than ever before. 1 believe. with all
my heart, the powers in conference
have combined to make the world
| safer and better and more hopeful
place in which to live.
1t was a helpful thing to have the
conference reveal how common our
human aspirations are and how easy
II is. when the task is properly ap-
Iproached, to reconcile our national as
tpirations. There are mutual and es-
lsentiai interests affecting the welfare
and peace of all nations, and they
can not be promoted by force. They
can be revealed and magnified in that
understanding which. it is now
lproven, the conference of peace pro-
notes. and the same understanding
makes compulsion and despoilme mt
hateful in the eyes of mankind.
Treaties Submitted.
The treaties submitted, seven in num-
ber. are
The covenant of limitation to naval
armament between our republic the
British empire, France. Italy and Japan
The treaty between the same powers
In relation to the use of submarines and
noxious gases in warfare
The treaty between the United
States. the British Empire. France
and Japan relating to their insular
possessions and their insular domin-
ions in the Pacific.
| A declaration accompanying the
| four-power treaty reserving Amer
lean rights in inundated territory
An agreement supplementary to
the Horsepower treaty defining the
session and insular dominions," as
relating to Japan.
! A treaty between the nine powers
in the conference relating to prin-
ciples and policies to be followed in
matters concerning China.
| treaty between the nine powers
relating to Chinese customs tariff.
Urges Prompt Approval.
| I invite your prompt approval of
| all of them. 1t is quite impossible to
readjust our naval program until the
naval treaty has your sanction, even
though you urged it's negotiation. 1t
is not possible to make the readjust-
ment, in full confidence, until the
whole program has commended itself
to your approval.
I am not unmindful nor was the
conference, of the sentiment in this
chamber against old world entangle-
ments. Those who made the treaties
have left no doubt about their true
import. Every expression in in the the
pose to be served and the obligations
assumed. Therefore, l can bring you
every assurance that nothing in any
of these treaties commits the United