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Show TREATY IS READY; RAS RESERIIA1NS TREATY TO PRESERVE PEACE IN THE PACIFIC IS FORMALLY 8IGNED BY REPRESENTATIVES Signature of United States Appendld With Reservation That Yap Agreement Agree-ment Be Ratified By Japan At Once Washington Tho now quadruple treaty to proservo peaco In the Pacific was formally signed Tuesday by the plenipotentiaries of the United States, Great Uritaln, Frnnce and Japan. The signatures woro affixed in tho anteroom of tho office of the secretnry of state. There was no formal ceremony cere-mony nnd no ono wns present except tho plenipotentiaries, their secretnry nnd ndvlscres. The American delegates, tho first to sign undor nn alphabetical arrangement arrange-ment of the powers, put their namoa to tho document nn affixed their seals a few minutes after 11 o'clock. Tho approval of tho United States was given, howover, subject to a writ-ton writ-ton understanding with tho Japanese providing that the Amcrlcnn-Japaneso treaty regarding Yap must be consummated consum-mated before- the four-power arrangement arrange-ment in binding. Except for this arrangomont, which Is oxpoctod to bo erased within a few days by the signature of. tho Yap treaty, the now Pacific agreement now requires only parliamentary ratification ratifica-tion by tho various governments to make It effective. The American official copy of tho dooment now goes to the White House for transmission by President Hunting to the senate. The now pact, It was gonorally bolieved Tuesday, would be forwarded to tho senate with in a very short time. The American delegation began sign-lng sign-lng nt 11:14 n. in. At 11:10 the British followed, Arthur J. Ualfour signing twico, once for the British empire and onco for tho Union of South Africa, which hns no delegitte hero. Tho French followed the British, nnd the Japanese, tlio last to sign, completed com-pleted formal approval of the tTeaty nt 11:20 o'clock. The signing was wholly without ceremony cer-emony nnd devoid of historic setting except for the protralts of a score of foriuor secretaries of Btato which looked look-ed down from tho four walls of the anteroom. The long tnblo which usally occupies occu-pies the center of the room had been removed and a .smaller one put In Its pluco. Tho American delegates first took their places at the talile and signed their names wl He tho oil delegates stood about Informally chat. Jug. There was u hum of conversation throughout. When the Americans were through they give up their plueos to tho Brit-Mi Brit-Mi and I Inn the French and Japanese followed In order. At the shoulder of each as he signed stood Eddie Savoy, tho iiletureque iiogio doorkeeper of . the M-civtaryS office, with blotter In ; hand for use on the newly made ! i nature. |