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Show L. FOUR GREAT DEEDS STAND OUT K IN WORK OF ARMS CONFERENCE MS Some Failures and Historic Successes Result ; From Three Months' Negotiations of World Powers Br I n i.l IftUUE it n i m i I 1 atCmatiOMl Service WASHINGTON. Fsb. 4. Out of the B maze and haze of three month' con- I I I " scant nK-'' i between 'h.- rrest T B jf.ufP, ,,f n ..od forth r HP p" ' tonight in bold relief afalnal the con-ference con-ference background, four principal ac-ti ac-ti npltehmenta o( setlng I Bt upon which nearly nil delegate nnd - imm.iru d Mf .ir BH 7 i Tli. menace of war that hive J, hung over the Pacific has been abol- ! n Ished for 10 years at I Mat, perhaps I v for I1'" o the United IK M l SO Orr.it Britain. Ja-pan Ja-pan and France, to preserve the peace of those waters. 2 Limitations have been placed on the size of the world's navies for the first time In history, a partial naval ' 3H building holiday has been declared fori 10 years, and half of the world's capl- ' !H tul ships are hound fOf the Junk pll I 9 3 Jupan hui been forced to dls- gorge some of the things she has grabbed In the far enst In recent yearn. H and hue pledged, herself In a dozen jH treaties nnd agreement to "play fair" nnd grab no more at the expense of other powers (principally China). I tM A tremendous Impetus has been I i ti. f HTOrld peace tjen- kfl v erallj b; Is described In official jH 0 . , xi. ..Kir.nstra- KBI tlon of the conference Idea" as a BH moatl of averting International con- C IDMH BOM I MM id I WH That the conference did not accont- ; ', gH . srythtng If Ml out to do jH hoerfully admitted tonight by even j EH the most ardent of its administration JH sponsors. It fulled signally In the at-tempt at-tempt to limit land armies, because of H pT-nch opposition; It failed to limit EH the numbt construction or suxii- BH lary ship.-, also bCCailM of French op-; RH position; it failed to rout Japan from , HQ nor ' ' d position in Ens t fk rich Chinese provinces of Manchuria! Esasfl and Mongolia, but in Its principal I alms "naval limltotlon and s-Lubillza-tlon of far eastern affairs" . dozen trestle ami another dozen lc-s dtgnl-I fiod "i'Kr- ments" attest the settle- ment of those world problems. 't equal, If not of greiter Importance Import-ance to the world than the material aci omplishments of the conference, Is , the undisputed assertion that the t'nltcd States and Great Britain emerge from the parley very Hose to the long-discuvaed "Ansrlo-Amerlcan . understanding." l t Mil I '.MI NTS " Th clearest Index to the conference's .achievements In attained by an Item-for-item review of the original conference con-ference program as laid down by Secretary Sec-retary Hughes. September 21. The items on the agenda nnd what VS don about them follow briefly "Limitation of naval armament" (A) Basis of limitation, existing, frtrcngth as of November 12- was taken B I "Fxtent"--In capital fhlps the j United Btates Is allofrod f00,t50 tons; Great Britain. 5S0.I5O; France, 111,-1 170 tons. Itoly. 182. S00 tons. Japan, i Pi .101.3:0 ton i N'.i limitation ti a.iv- J 1 1 Mary ships except Ihej Khali i" of not yj more than 10,000 ton-, nor carry guns of a calibre In excess of eight Inches. V (C) "Fulfillment" Terms nro V contained In a five-powered treaty. I Rules for control of new agencies of warfare." A five-power treaty was W negotiated pledging the powers to r abolish gas and not to use submarines I against merchant crnft. An lnterna-F lnterna-F ilonal Commission wan created to he-f he-f gin work within a year to revise International In-ternational law to care for these mat- J ters, "Limitation of land armament" "Nothing done because ol I rench op- I ' s-1 1 1 -. n ..nil . t t : tuiMon-' I m 'ini lining greal armies in Europe. I lt I sl IT IN Ml NTs. a Pacific ;mii for eastern questions." l ou, .si lo n i j (A) Prlnclplei to Be Applied L , EEllhu Boot drafted sf,t or principles pledging the powers to observe the open door and to non-encroachment on Chinese Integrity, adopted and In-. In-. urpiirii tr-.l In tin- far eaMPrn treaty approved today. B "Application" International I board of reference was created to which disputed tuetions lnolving the application of th. principles can be taken for adjustment. (C) "Territorial Integrity" The powers pledged themselves In the treaty adopted today to respect this. m ' pen door Equality of commercial and economic opportunity' opportun-ity' This ulso pledged In the far eustcrn tragi) (E) "Concessions, monopolies and preferential privileges." All the powers pow-ers agreed not to Meg fuch privileges for themselves, not lo support their nutlonalq In such ventures, and to strive for the maintenance of the "open door" and equal opportunity for all In th? far eastern treaty. i I ' i -''Development of railways, Including In-cluding plans relating to the Chinese Eastern railway." Powers agreed that International control is to continue con-tinue on the C. K. R. and adopted a resolution to the effect that th road should be better preserved. China pledged herself to observe -strict im partiality in the administration ol her Irallroadi where Foreign Ore are con-I con-I cer ned. (O) "Preferential railroad rales" , China pledged herself not to grant anv. JAPB DROl MEM NIs (Hi 'Statutes of existing commitments." commit-ments." Japan returned Shantung to It'hina renounced Group i of the 21 i demands and all the powers agreed I to register with the conference within with-in three months all treaties agreements agree-ments and understandings, secret or I otherwise, with the secretary general I of the conference here so that they ma be examined 1 Siberia 'The powers adopted a I resolution pledging themselves not to seek advantage In Russia, to observe s "moral trusteeship" for Russian Interests In-terests and Japan promised to Withdraw With-draw her troops when a "stable Russian Rus-sian government shall appear." Outside the conference proper, the I tilted States and Japan settled Yap and an agreement was reached between be-tween the Cnlted States. Japan and Holland on ex-German cables In the Pacific, each nation getting one |