The New York herald., 1921-11-24
French Still Cling to Hope
of Guaranty So Army
May Be Cut.
CHINESE URGING SPEED
British Continue Efforts to
Get Substitute Policy for
japanese Alliance.
by LOUIS sEIBOLD.

by LOUIS SEIBOLD.
Special Despatch TO THE New YORK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. ID. C., Nov. 20.
By far the most interesting de.
yelopment of the discussions that en-
gagged the attention Of the commit
tees of the international conference
to-day was the authorization Of a
subordinate body to consider the
question of viper warfare. This grew
cut of the meeting of the committee
of delegates from the United States,
Great Britain, France, Italy and
Japan, who compose the COMMITTEES
to which the success of the limita-
tion of armaments, both naval and
land, had been referred by the con.
ference.
The subcommittee will represent
plan for the limitation and possibly
the abandonment of the submarine.
poison gas and other military dev'cns
the use Of which shocked the entire
world during the war with Gernang
The widespread attention arouse by
the editorial denuncistion of 81
marine and poison gas warfare Z,
| The NEW YORK HERALD has precipi.
tated lively discussions among dele
gates.
Public opinion is reflecting pro
nounced sympathy with the sugges'
ton that the submarine, poison gas
and other agencies of brutality and
iarbarism be scrapped with excessive
sea armaments and the curtailment
of land forces.
Procedure of investigation.
The subcommittee which will take
up these matters, along with the con-
sideration OF the status Of the air.
craft in warfare. will submit to the
full armaments committee an order
of procedure for the investigation
of land ornaments and the new
agencies OF warfare which were de-
yeloped and used with such horrible
consequences by Germany in the late
war
While submarines are not specifr
cally mentioned in the formal state
ment issued by the conference COM
mittee on armament to-day there is
little question that the new subcom
mittee will include crafts Of under.
sea types among the subjects for
which il has been authorized to pre-
pare rules OF international law to
govern the future.
In the American plan, outlined BIZ
Mr.. Hughes at the opening session,
submarines were included in the sched.
the proposal to limit sea armamentS
The British delegation. through -
naval technical advisers, have in
stanced their disapproval OF the ratio
of submarines suggested by the Amcri-
can Government and have reflected the
view that the use OF undersea craft be
restricted TO the minimum necessities
for coast and harbor defence.
Drift of Public Opinion.
The British suggestion has not met
with the approval of tho American
Government nor that of France, Italy
or Japan. but public opinion. as ex-
pressed through many agencies CEN
tring at washington, is Endorsing THE
New York HERALp's suggestion that
submarines pe oxterminated, or. az
proposed by the British. restricted 20
the legitimate protection OF harbor and
the future status OF the submarine
will come in for great deal more
attention at the conference than has
been yet accorded 1t in committee dis
cussions or In informal controversies
regarding its value as a legitimate de-
vice Of warfare.
Tho advisory committee OF tho
American delegation probably will play
an important part in bringing to the
front the discussion of submarines and
poison gas when the conference itself
takes up the subject OF sea armaments
Members of the committee have ex-
pressed the opinion that submarines
should be prohibited.
The naval subsection of the com
mittee at a meeting to-day began the
collection of information as to the
submarine armaments of Great Brit
ain, tho United States, Japan ana