shall not be deemed to be an assent on the part of The United States of America to the mandates and shall not preclude agreements between The United States of America and the Mandatory Powers respectively in relation to the mandated islands.

2. That the controversies to which the second paragraph of Article I refers shall not be taken to embrace questions which according to principles of international law lie exclusively within the domestic jurisdiction of the respective Powers. Washington, D. C., December 13, 1921.

CHARLES EVANS HUGHES
HENRY CABOT LODGE
OSCAR W. UNDERWOOD
ELIHU ROOT

ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR

LEE OF FAREHAM.

A. C. GEDDES

R. L. BORDEN.

G. F. PEARCE

JOHN W SALMOND

ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR
VS SRINIVASA SASTRI
RENÉ VIVIANI

A SARRAUT
JUSSERAND

Τ. ΚΑΤΟ

K. SHIDEHARA

TOKUGAWA IYESATO
M. HANIHARA

NOTES DELIVERED, MUTATIS MUTANDIS, BY THE SIGNATORIES OF THE TREATY TO THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE NETHERLANDS AND TO THE PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT RELATIVE TO RESPECTING THEIR RIGHTS IN RELATION TO THEIR INSULAR POSSESSIONS IN THE REGION OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

Delivered at The Hague February 4, 1922; Delivered at Lisbon February 6, 1922.

The following communication is Senate Document No. 128, Sixtyseventh Congress, second session :

STATE DEPARTMENT, Washington, February 11, 1922. MY DEAR SENATOR: Referring to our conversations in relation. to the note given to the Netherlands Government, I beg to say that the following is a copy of the note which was delivered to the minister for foreign affairs of the Netherlands, on February 4, 1922:

"The United States of America have concluded on December 13, 1921, with the British Empire, France, and Japan, a treaty, with a view to the preservation of the general peace and the maintenance of their rights in relation to their insular possessions and insular

dominions in the region of the Pacific Ocean. They have agreed thereby as between themselves to respect their rights in relation to these possessions and dominions.

"The Netherlands not being signatory to the said treaty and the Netherlands possessions in the region of the Pacific Ocean therefore not being included in the agreement referred to, the Government of the United States of America, anxious to forestall any conclusion contrary to the spirit of the treaty, desires to declare that it is firmly resolved to respect the rights of the Netherlands in relation to their insular possessions in the region of the Pacific Ocean."

This is identical with notes delivered by the British, French, and Japanese ministers.

A similar note was delivered to the Portuguese Government.
Very sincerely, yours,

Hon. HENRY CABOT LODGE,

CHARLES E. HUGHES.

United States Senate.

1922.

TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE BRITISH EMPIRE, FRANCE, AND JAPAN SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE TREATY RELATING TO THEIR INSULAR POSSESSIONS AND INSULAR DOMINIONS .IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN, SIGNED AT WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 13, 1921.

Signed at Washington February 6, 1922; ratification advised by the Senate March 27, 1922 (legislative day of March 16).

(Not in force on March 4, 1923.)

The United States of America, the British Empire, France and Japan have, through their respective Plenipotentiaries, agreed upon the following stipulations supplementary to the Quadruple Treaty signed at Washington on December 13, 1921:

The term "insular possessions and insular dominions" used in the aforesaid Treaty shall, in its application to Japan, include only Karafuto (or the Southern portion of the island of Sakhalin), Formosa and the Pescadores, and the islands under the mandate of Japan.

The present agreement shall have the same force and effect as the said Treaty to which it is supplementary.

The provisions of Article IV of the aforesaid Treaty of December 13, 1921, relating to ratification shall be applicable to the present Agreement, which in French and English shall remain deposited in the Archives of the Government of the United States, and duly certified copies thereof shall be transmitted by that Government to each of the other Contracting Powers.

In faith whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Agreement.

Done at the City of Washington, the sixth day of February, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty-two.

RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE ADVISING AND CONSENTING TO RATIFICATION.

Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring therein), That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of Execu tive O, Sixty-seventh Congress, second session, an agreement between the United States, the British Empire, France, and Japan, supplementary to the treaty between the same four powers relating to their insular possessions and insular dominions, and defining the application of the term "insular possessions and insular dominions as relating to Japan, signed at Washington February 6, 1922, subject to the following reservation and understanding, which is hereby made a part and condition of this resolution of ratification and which repeats the declaration of intent and understanding made by the representatives of the powers signatories of the Four Power Treaty relating to their insular possessions and insular dominions in the Pacific Ocean:

1. That the Four Power Treaty relating to Pacific possessions shall apply to the mandated islands in the Pacific Ocean; provided, however, that the making of the treaty shall not be deemed to be an assent on the part of the United States of America to the mandates and shall not preclude agreements between the United States of America and the mandatory powers, respectively, in relation to the mandated islands.

2. That the controversies to which the second paragraph of Article I of the Four Power Treaty relating to Pacific possessions refers shall not be taken to embrace questions which, according to principles of international law, lie exclusively within the domestic jurisdiction of the respective powers.

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1922.

TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE BRITISH EMPIRE, FRANCE, ITALY, AND JAPAN LIMITING NAVAL ARMAMENT.

Signed at Washington February 6, 1922; ratification advised by the Senate March 29, 1922 (legislative day of March 16).

XXI. Conferences to
changed conditions.
XXII. Effect of war.
XXIII. Duration; termination.
XXIV. Ratification; authentic texts.

The United States of America, the British Empire, France, Italy and Japan;

Desiring to contribute to the maintenance of the general peace, and to reduce the burdens of competition in armament;

Have resolved, with a view to accomplishing these purposes, to conclude a treaty to limit their respective naval armament, and to that end have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries;

The President of the United States of America:

Charles Evans Hughes,

Henry Cabot Lodge,
Oscar W. Underwood,

Elihu Root,

Citizens of the United States;

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India:

The Right Honourable Arthur James Balfour, O. M., M. P.,
Lord President of His Privy Council;

and

The Right Honourable Baron Lee of Fareham, G. B. E., K.
C. B., First Lord of His Admiralty;

The Right Honourable Sir Auckland Campbell Geddes, K. C.
B., His Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
to the United States of America;

for the Dominion of Canada:

The Right Honourable Sir Robert Laird Borden, G. C. M. G.,
K. C.;

for the Commonwealth of Australia:

Senator the Right Honourable George Foster Pearce, Minister for Home and Territories for the Dominion of New Zealand: The Honourable Sir John William Salmond, K. C., Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand;

for the Union of South Africa:

The Right Honourable Arthur James Balfour, O. M., M. P.; for India:

The Right Honourable Valingman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Sastri, Member of the Indian Council of State;

The President of the French Republic:

Mr. Albert Sarraut, Deputy, Minister of the Colonies;
Mr. Jules J. Jusserand, Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni-
potentiary to the United States of America, Grand Cross
of the National Order of the Legion of Honour;

His Majesty the King of Italy:

The Honourable Carlo Schanzer, Senator of the Kingdom; The Honourable Vittorio Rolandi Ricci, Senator of the Kingdom, His Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Washington;

The Honourable Luigi Albertini, Senator of the Kingdom: His Majesty the Emperor of Japan:

Baron Tomosaburo Kato, Minister for the Navy, Junii, a
member of the First Class of the Imperial Order of the
Grand Cordon of the Rising Sun with the Paulowina
Flower;

Baron Kijuro Shidehara, His Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary at Washington, Joshii, a member of
the First Class of the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun;
Mr. Masanao Hanihara, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Jushii, a member of the Second Class of the Imperial Order
of the Rising Sun;

Who, having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed as follows:

CHAPTER I. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE LIMITATION OF NAVAL ARMAMENT.

ARTICLE I.

The Contracting Powers agree to limit their respective naval armament as provided in the present Treaty.