The New York herald., 1921-12-31
SUBMARINE PIRACY BANNED
BY u. S., BRITAIN AND ITALY
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under any conceivable circumstances oul
present allies, our late comrade in arms
| in the greatest war the world has evel
known, should contemplate the possi
biIity Of warfare Of that kind"
Chance for France to Make Good
Lord Lee urged that a way Of dis
avowal for the French of such intentions
lay in adoption of the Root resolution
No. Q, banning submarine warfare
against merchant ships.
'rhe French have told us here agar
and again." he said. that they only re-
qulre submarines for purposes of de-
Tense. We lave had differences of opin.
ion as to the utility of submarines fol
these purposes, but now. 1t seems to me
hcie Is an opportunity of proving to the
world that they mean what they say ir
regard to this"
If the Root resolution as amended by
Mr. Balfour was accepted. Lord Lee
said II think, IL l may say so, tha,
France will have regained much of the
ground which l believe has been lost
betw een us. largely through misunder.
standing"
Admiral DE Bon replied for the Frenc-
Naval Staff that he stated openly. "and
declare II most emphatically. there Is
nothing more foreign to our minds thar
the .dea OF attacking a friend"
ut is not even conceivable to u.s." he
said. "Our only regret is that this mis-
understanding lasted so long and that
we did not know that 1t was based on
an article like that written by Capt
Castex."
Capt. Castex, Admiral de Bon said
was above all man of letters" and
attached to the literary section OF the
French Staff. He pointed out also that
the Revue Maritime on its title page
specifically expressed lack Of responsible
ity on the part of the French Admiralty
and General staff for anything appear
ing in it's columns.
"The charge should be laid at the
door OF the man who wrote that article
and to him only" the Admiral ex-
claimed "The article in no way repre-
sents. thank heaven. the views of the
French Navy.
"The author of that article has writ
ten what we consider to be monstros-
ity. l beg Lord Lee TO believe that the
French Navy has never harbored any
idea of using methods of war practiced
by the German submarines.
"I maintain that the honor of the
French General STAFF and of the French
Navy cannot be sullied by the article
in question.
Repudiates Castex Views.
II formally repudiate 1t in the name
of the French Navy"
NJ. Sarraut said that as head Of the
French delegation he would 'solemnly
confirm" what Admiral de Bon had said
cor offer the French Governments for
NAL Reputation OF those methods OF
warfare which have just been men,
toned"
The French delegate thanked Lord
Lee for giving the opportunity to make
these explanations" adding that they
should dispel the Misunderstanding
which, to my profound regret, was aris-
ing between us--a Misunderstanding of
which / did not comprehend the reason
or the nature"
He hoped. NJ. Sarraut added that all
would draw a lesson "of mutual conf
dence from this incident" as the misun-
derstanding might easily have been
avoided by "a direct and friendly con-
versatlon."
Lord Lee he'd spoken on the ground
France had lost during the deliberations,
NJ. Sarraut continued, adding:
Il am well aware tnat every uay IN
the press we witness a campaign of Bit
ter criticism launched against us,
against the motives Of France. to the end
that our country may be made to ap-
pear under the aggressive guise Of i'm
perialism and mlitarism. We have re-
mained client in spite of the violent
prejudice this campaign was arouslng
against us. There are times when we
urst suffer for our friends
IF each and every day we had TO de-
fend ourselves against such suspicious;
| II, when we come here for the purpose
OF working for the proposed peace by
means OF reductions of armaments, we
must continually see the specter of war
dangled before us and be made aware of
an undercurrent OF thought concerning
mutual threats or OF an idea that is at
tributed to use OF plans OF aggression
against those who have mingled their
blood with ours on all the battlefields OF
the greatest war the world has known,
then indeed we would be impatient to see
| the end OF the conference which had
brought us the bitterness OF such a dis
appointment"
3 In conclusion NJ Sarraut said he would
not discuss the Root resolution banning
submarine warfare on merchant ships
because he wished "the expression OF our
feelings to have not alone the authority
NJ the delegation, but that IL might be
clothed with all the moral force that
belongs to the decisions OF the French
Government"
Seek Assent From Toxic.