Evening star., 1921-12-31

fensive forces and before thinking
of again fortifying our country
against renewed devastation we
would do well to pay our debts. We
feel no shame for those debts. nor
do we forget them; we regard them
with pride, as the wounded man his
scars.
There are things more painful to
in our gratitude and affection toward
our great ally. l, who now speak to
you, can attest its sincerity and with
| very deep emotion. l had the honor
| to be a member of the cabinet at the
moment when the war Of 1914 was
| declared against us, and never with
out profound emotion do l recall the
feeling of exaltation that I experience
ed when in the ministerial council l
, learned that the English army, which
! the Emperor Of Germany had called
the contemplate little army and
which was to become the great and
powerful British army, had just
/ aligned itself resolutely at our side
in the vast conflict which was loom
| ing up. 1 shall never forget that
heart and it has always dominated my
thought. Truly, we have had enough
: OF these Observation-Disclosures; they
must be done away with! !. for my
part. hope for it with all my strength!
! Mutual confidence. free of all reserves.
must again prevail among us. In this
! respect, the French government has
given and is ready to give every guar !
| antee: it's word, indeed. should suffice.
| If 1 do not ask to pursue the discus
sion of the second resolution and to
| formulate the conclusions which, you
| will appreciate. rise to my lips. it is
| IN order that the expression of our
! feelings may have not alone the au-
| thority of the head Of the delegation
but may be clothed with all the moral
| force that belongs to the decisions of
| the French government"
Japanese Await Advice.
Mr.. Hanihara said:
! so far as the Japanese delegation
| itself is concerned. we see no ob1ec-
| tion to the adoption of article III of
the proposed resolution as amended
| by MIR. Balfour. However, as a mat
ter OF formality and procedure. We
are required to submit to our gov
| ernment the precise text Of 1t and
ask for instructions thereon before
we can give formal assent to it."
| The chairman asked whether any
one else desired to speak further
upon this matter at this time. AS
| the representatives of three of the
! governments were not in a position
at the moment to speak under deh-
mite instructions with respect to this
article. it seems desirable that the
discussion should be postponed The
committee would then come to the
third resolutions; but, anticipating
what would probably be said with re-
gard to 1t. the chairman suggested
! that the same course be adopted and
that both these resolutions (Which
/ had relation to each other) should
go over for further discussion until
such time as the chairman was ad
vised by the delegations that they
ready to proceed.
Mr.. Pearce said that there was one
point involved in article III which
might possibly require amendment
and If SO. he thought it might be
advisable to embody this amendment
at once. He referred to the fact that
the declaration included persons in
service of any of the powers adopt
ing these rules" If the resolution
were adopted in its present form. II
would mean that while the officers of
the nations which adhered to the se
articles would be liable to the penal:y
under article III. the officers of ma
tons not adhering would not lie so
liable He thought, however. that an
amendment should be made so that
the rules might become part of inter
national law with general appiica-
ton in order to be effective
Limited to Ratiners.
Mr.. Root said that the point to which
Senator Pearce had referred was very
important and very interesting. The
draft limited its operations TO those
powers which has adopted the rules.
but the question whether it should be
so limited or should extend to other
powers was question open to discus
sion. upon which different views might
be taken. That question was in the
proposition. and as it seemed to be un-
derstood that there was not to be dis
cuSsion upon the subject at the time
he would content himself with an ac-
acknowledgement to Senator Pearce of the
Importance and interest of the sugges-
ton which he had raised
The chairman said that ii seemed
! quite clear that the committee should
not proceed with the discussion of these
resolutions In parts when several of the
delegations We're not in position to dis
cuss them under appropriate instruc-
tons. AS had been said. the point
which had been raised by Senator Pearce
was one, which could not very well be
discussed without bringing into the dis
cussion the general bearing of the reso-
luton. its import. the policy involved
in it, and a number of questions which
would have relation to the particular
point raised With the committees per-
mission he would assume that the dis
| cussion of both the second and the third
resolutions should be postponed Until
! the chair was advised that the delega-
tions had heard from their governments
and were ready to proceed with the
discussion; in the meantime, of course
any amendments which occurred to alsv
; of the delegates for the purpose Of
! Qualification or modifica tion could lie
brought to the attention of Mr. Root or
| of the chair. so that they might be cir
| culated, if desired. among the delega-
| tions and might be taken under advise
ment pending full explication and con-
| sideration at the time when the discus
sion was resumed.
J With the committees permiSSion
| therefore. the resolution which had
| been proposed the other day and the
| discussion of which had been post
poned with respect to the limitation
| of the tonnage of individual ships of
war. other than capital ships or air.
craft carriers, would be taken up
That resolution. as proposed and as
amended, was now presented as fol- ]
lows:
| Ship Limit Taken Up.
| mo ship of war other than capi-
| tai ship or aircraft carrier hereafter
! built shall exceed a total tonnage dis
| placement of 10000 tons. and no guns
shall he carried by any such ship
other than capital ship with a
The chairman said that the COM
mittee would recall that general
agreement had been expressed with
the provision of the resolution as to
| the limitation of armament in the
| case of ships of war other than capi-
tai ships or aircraft carriers. e.,
| that no guns should be carried with
a caliber in excess of 8 inches.
| There were reservations, however,
! with respect to the Limitation on
] total tonnage. e., the suggested
| placement of 10000 tons. The chair
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