Washington Conference.
(From the Special Representative of the Australian Press Association.)
PACIFIC PROBLEMS. (Received This Day at 9.5 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 10
The question of fortifications in the Pacific will be one of the main matters of controversy which the British delegation will bring up during the discussion on the Naval Treaty. When the status quo was first considered, it was regarded as affecting United States and Japan only, in connection with Phillipines, Guam etc. As a matter of fact, at one period of the discussion the equator was specified as the dividing line, nothing south of it being regarded as important, but subsequently the whole area of Pacific was included, which obviously affects Australia and New Zealand, in their requirements in the matter of fortifications, and also Papua, Raratonga etc. This phase will be discussed this afternoon by the chief delegates prior to the full meeting to-morrow. Other points for discussion are submarine control as contained in the Root resolutions, poison gas, arming of merchantmen, and other phases which, however, are not expected to present serious complications.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 January 1922, Page 2
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178Washington Conference. Hokitika Guardian, 11 January 1922, Page 2
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