| Show APPLYING THE ACID TEST TO conference CO the best test as to whether the conference for limitation of armaments was successful is to set down in successive paragraphs the program wh which ch it was supposed to carry out at the time it met and what accomplishments ments it achieved in fulfillment of this program the following is such a comparison AGENDA limitation of naval armament under which shall be discussed a basis of limitation b extent c fulfillment fulfilment ACCO Q five power naval treaty providing scrapping of sixty eight capital ships by the united states japan and great britain including most of those now under construction or contracted for limiting of future navies of these three powers to the ratio of 5 5 53 3 5 ten year naval holiday limitation of size and armament aim ament of future capital ships aircraft carriers other war vessels and merchantmen merchantman merchant men prohibition of any signatory powers building war nar vessels for other powers baiger than limitations set upon themselves by treaty treaty to run minimum fifteen years with provisions tor for its continuance provisions for naval conference in fit eight years to discuss further limitations in view of possible technical and scientific naval improvements pro prove een ments under this heading g may y also y be placed the four power pacific peace treaty which was a necessary precedent to any naval treaty prescribing reduction of naval armament I 1 AGENDA rules for control of new agencies of warfare accomplishment T five power treaty outlawing use of poison gasses chemicals and if like e devices upon the part of the signatory and calling upon all other powers to adhere to this treaty their form formal al notification to the united states of their adherence being taken as equivalent of their signature reaffirmation of rules aheady embodied in international inCer national law governing use of submarines as commerce destroyers pledging the signatory powers by treaty to observe these rules strictly and calling upon all other powers to join with them in ill pledging observance of rules treaty declares v violation of these rules an act of piracy upon the part of any individual violating them subjecting him to punishment as a pirate rather than treatment as prisoner of war commission to study and report upon rules governing and limiting other other new agencies of war ivar AGENDA limitation of land armaments accomplishment genf not tot considered in view of its being primarily a F european Europea ii problem AGENDA questions relating to china first principles to be applied second application subjects a territorial integrity b administrative integrity c open door equality of commercial and industrial opportunity d concessions monopolies or preferential economic privileges development of railways raila ays including plans relating to chinese eastern railway e f preferential railroad rates g status of existing commitments accomplishment nine power treaty which pledges signers to upholding the open door policy in china pledging the territorial commercial and administrative ti integrity and a v e sovereignty of china guarana guaranteeing being chinas cainas neutrality in event of 0 any war in it which she is not participant withdrawal of foreign troops from chinese soil guaranteeing china tariff autonomy withdrawal of foreign control over radio communications in china to sit at peking in conjunction with commissions named chinese authorities to consider foreign problems affecting china pledge of nine powers to make their secret treaties and public all 0 of f agreements with china or chinese citizens treaty entered into by china and japan aher whereby eby china and all rights shantung is restored to of china in shantung restored must be complete in japans withdrawal front from six to nine months of her twenty one demands abandonment by japan ja pan of part independence abandonment aban doment on her of chinese railway s systems and part of any nation abandonment any discrimination in rates or faaili facilities ties against upon the part of ill all of the nine special conceso conc concessions esq ons monopolies powers of any or preferential economic privileges AGENDA siberia similar headings ACCO accomplishment japan pledged herself not to interfere in siberian or russian domestic affairs pledged herself to withdraw all troops from siberia and sakhalin Sak halin as northern soon as restoration of normal by declaration of conditions permits this followed policy of united states read into hughes making clear the united states would not record by secretary upon the part of japans compliance countenance any a n y ambiguity AGENDA mandated islands unless questions earlier settled accomplishment united states and japan dratted drafted amicably settling differences a treaty which yet is to be signed over mandated islands island of in pacific particularly yap also united L states and great negotiations britain beg began in diplomatic regarding islands in southern britain pacific manda mandated teI to great AGENDA electrical communications ons in ill the pacific accomplishment complete cimpl ete control of oradia madiol bervice bervick in i china government t with cancellation rancel lation placed in ill hands bands ct cf chinese of any mo monopolistic it OPO listle rights powers electrical communications ions in pacific held by fore foreign I 1 g I 1 i six powers of united states japan british ocean to bo be settled by treaty of netherlands empire france italy anti and the by which there will be a division cable and wireless w beless facilities in the pacific pa among these powers of 0 tile the by which and italy will be guaranteed division the nethel lands ian d s equity in tle use of sueh such facilities |
