Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-22
The full tert of the fve-potUer
treaty signed in London today piH
be found on page 4.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 22.-Representa-
tives of the five dominant naval
powers Of the world, America,
Great Britain, Japan, France and
Italy, this afternoon in the Palace
Of st. James affixed their sigma
lures to an epoch-making treaty,
limiting and reducing the navies
Of three Of them, and restricting
the navies Of the other two.
Col. Henry l.. Stimson, American
Secretary Of State, and his COL
leagues on the American delega-
ton, were the first to sign the his
toric document. M. BRAND, French
foreign minister; J. Ramsay Mac
donald, British prime minister
and Admiral Giuseppe Sirianni
with their delegations followed.
Col. Stimson's signature was
affixed at 1910 pm, after heads
of the national delegations had
made their closing speeches, ex-
pressing satisfaction with the
treaty and the hope that the work
1t began would be continued.
Formal signing Of the treaty took IL
minutes. Adjournment was taken ct
1918 pm, after less than three-hour
meeting, in which the chief delegates
in formal addresses had expressed their
ratification in their handiwork, de-
plored that they had not been able 10
60 as far as they wished, but expressed
hope that further negotiations in the
future would remove obstacles to COM
plete five-power agreement on limita-
ton and reduction.
i Next Conference in 1885.
In an opening address Mr.. Macdon-
aid, who as chairman piloted the con-
ference past the dangerous shoals which
threatened it from the very beginning
announced that the 1881 conference
provided for by the Washington treaty
would not be held, but that the next
naval conference would take place In
1885 unless events Of such a happy
nature take place meanwhile that 1t be
not required"
Col. Stimson spoke for America, en-
phasizing that the treaty fixes oul
naval relationship with the British
commonwealth of nations upon q fair
and lasting basis" at the same TIME es-
tablishing "our naval relationship with
our good neighbor across the Pacific.
He expressed confidence that the world
was progressing toward IAN ever-in-
creasing security with ever.decreasine
armament"
M. BRAND, while admitting that the
treaty was not as complete a success as
France had wished, declared that It's
scope must not be underestimate. 1--WE
feel justified in having perSevered when
we see the results of our deliberations
as embodied in the pact which we are
signing today" he declared.
Both M. BRAND and Admiral Sirianni
who spoke for Dino Grand, who is III
at Rome and was prevented signing fol
his country, promised that negotiation,
would be continued with the hope oil
solving their differences and permitting
adherence finally to the treaty.
Wakatsuki Last to Speak.
Mr.. Wakatsuki was the last Of the
big five" to speak. He praised the
work accomplished, but reiterated that
Japan would keep the way open to ask.
ing a new arrangement when the next
conference meets in 1885. He declared
"A great and unprecedented thing has
been accomplished. What was soWn al
Washington has been reaped at Lon.
DON"
But while the speeches were listened
to with great interest, all waited for the
event which was to eliminate the three
months Of arduouS labor, the actua
signing Of the treaty which throughout
the session lay on table placed Just
opposite Mr.. Macdonald.
A hush fell over the chamber as the
gray-haired British Labor premier ROSE
! and in measured tones announced thai
tn time had arrived for the delegate!
to place their names to the document.
Every eye was turned towards TIT
American Secretary Of State as he aroSt
and made his way around the horse
shoe-shaped table and seated himself II
the great armchair before the pact
whose pages bore red seals, agains
which the delegates were to write theil
names.
For a moment Col. Stimson pauset
| and looked across the table into thu
eyes of Mr.. Macdonald. A smile o.
pleasure lighted up the prime minister
face and his lips moved slightly, per
haps in an unheard whisper. Then tn,
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