The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-06-20
u. S. NAVAL STRENGTH
DEPENDS ON OUTCOME
OF PARLEY At GENEV4
Three Powers Begin Conference Today, Discussing
Limitations of Naval Armament-Work Be
gun at Five Power Conference in Washneton
Is to BE Completed.

| posal to maintain the status quo
with respect to Notifications aul
naval bases in tho Pacific Ocean
This meant that the United States
could not increase its fertilization
or naval bases in the Philippines.
Guam and the Aleutian Islands
though Americans are free to adG
/ to their Notifications in the H..
waiian group and in the islands
adjacent to the coast of tha
United States, Alaska and tus
Panama Canal Zone.
American Proposal
In an address delivered at New
Haven. Conn. December 20. 1'2a.
Charles E. Hughes. who was Sec.
retary of State and head of the
American delegation to the Wa h
ington conference, voiced his -
gret that an American proposal
for the limitation of auxiliary
warcraft was not accepted by the
| conference. The American de,cgl-
tion had proposed a ratio In aus-
Hilary craft similar to that r..
cognized by the treaty for capital
ships. The failure to settle the
problem of auxiliary craft AZ
Washington induced PresidNps
Coolidge to convoke today's
conference In order that naval
limitation shall be extended to FL
categories of warships. Naval ex-
ports here are quite ready to ad-
NIT that unless the seal of limit
alton affects all warships. thnva
will inevitably be increased coz
struction by nations of those wa
ships upon which no restrictions
are laid.
Treaty Expires 1885
The Washington treaty rem9sva
in force until December 81, 1899.
In case none of the contracting
powers shall have given noties
two years before that date of its
| intention to terminate the treaty.
it shall continue in force until
the expiration of two years from
the date on which notice of tcrm-
ination is given by one of the
powers.
The Washington confererea
achieved other things besides tha
limiting of capital ships and al.
craft carriers. 1t arranged a treafv
concerning the use of submarines
and poison gases: it defined prin-
ciples and policies in matters CON
corning China, including Chincee
customs tariffs; it elaborated the
| Shantung Treaty between Chira
and Japan. whereby the province
of Confucius was restored to Chi.
nese sovereignty; and finally. and
in the opinion of many foreign
statesmen, most important of all.
1t got rid of the Anglo-Japaneae
Alliance and substituted therefor .
a four power treaty between the
United States. the British Eri-
pire, France and Japan. which.
| hpOh AlCii inShtdA pOrH'7F
sions and dominions in tho Pa-
cific Ocean, is really an instrl
ment for the maintenance OF peace
in the Pacific.
Importance of Conference
Hughes has given as one of tn 3
main reasons for the success ~
| the Washington Conference the
fact that it was restricted IN
naval matters to a small grouo
of powers who were dealing with
problems in which they had . com
mon interest. II is believed that
the same remark may apply -
| today's conference, where thu
three big naval powers concerned
are supposed to have commen
interest in reaching an under.
standing concerning auxilliqfy
warships and a common desir" 70
avoid naval race which involves
enormous expenditure in the con
struction of warships
| Although the United STATES.
Great Britain and Japan. are pro-
tically in accord concerning thn
method of limiting navies. thrir
n \