New-York tribune., 1921-12-31

was "ahove all a man of letters" and
attached to the literary section Of the
French staff. He pointed out, also,
that the "Revuc Martinez on its
title page, specifically exp 'essed lack
Of responsibility Oh the part of the
French admiralty and general staff
for anything appearing in it's columns.
"The charge should be laid at the
door OF tie man who wrote tnat ar
ticle, and to him only" the admiral ex-
claimed. The article in no way rep
resents, thank heaven, the views OF
the French navy.
'The a1t.lor OF that article has writ
ten what We consider TO be a mon
strosity. beg Lord Lee to believe
that the French navy has never har-
bored any idea of using methods of
war practiced by the German snbma-
rines.
II maintain that the honor of the
French general staff and Of the French
navy cannot be sulied by
the article in question.
Il formally repudiate it in the name
II the French navy
Sarraut Offers Reputation
NJ Sarraut said that as head of the
French delegation, he would "solemnly
confirm" what Admiral De Bon had
said, "or offer the French governments
formal Reputation of those methods
OF warfare which hage just been men
toned"
The French delegate thanked Lord
Lee for giving the opportunity to make
these explanations" adding that they
should dispell the "misunderstandn
whicl, to my profound regret, was
ARISING between us, misunderstand
reason or the nature
tie hoped, NJ. Sarraut added that all
would draw q lesson "of mutual conf
dence from this incident" as the mis-
Understanding might easily have been
avoided by "a direct and friendly con-
versation."
Lord Lee had spoken on the ground
france had lost during the delibera-
tlons, M. Sarraut continued, adding:
FL am we'll aware that every day in
the press we witness a campaign Of
bitter criticism launched against us,
against the motives of France, to the
end that our country may be made to
appear under the aggressive guise Of
imperialism and militarism. We have
renamed silent in spite of the violent
pre- Judlce this campaign was arousing
against US. There are times when we
must suffer for our friends.
Awaits Governments Decision
IL SdCii altt every udy We HaQ 10 uC-
fend ourselves against such suspicious;
: if. 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 all
idea that is attributed to US Of plans
/ o. aggression against those who have
t,,rrlo Il %I1,, Ii -
the battlefelds 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 dsappoint-
ment."
In conclusion, NJ Sarraut said he
would not discuss the Root resolution
banning submarine warfare on mer~
, chant ships, because ne wished "the
not alone the authority Of the delega-
ton. but that it might be clothed with
all the moral force that belongs to the
decisions of the French 6, crnmentn
) Discussion is Deferred
I For Japan, Mr. Hanihara said it had
been necessary to submit the .pre.
else text" of the Root resolution ban.
ming submarine warfare on merchant
ships to the Toxic government fol
formal assent" Chairman Hughes
then suggested that the discussion OF
q resolution Nc. 8, proposing to holc
. submarine commanders liable person.
= ally for violations of the law of ma
tions, regardless of their orders, bs
postponed with resolution No. 2 un
4 til the delegations had been advised b,
: their governments.
Mr.. Pearce, for Australia, suggested
: that resolution No. 3 would hole
e only. officers of governments enter
Y ing into the pact lisble personally fol
t tte actions of submarines thew com
t manded, while submarine commanders
F." of nations not adhering to The rules OF
n SUBMARINE warfare proposed would bt
: Tree Of such liability. lie suggssuet
o amendment to make the liability bind
d ing or ali commanders when the rule:
- had been accepted SIS international law
e Mr.. Root said the point was i'm
= portant but open to question, an,
J. Chairman Hughes again suggested de-
ferment of discussion and brought II,
instead the resolution proposing linli
sation of auxiliary craft to 10000 ton,
d and 8-inch guns.
|. Japan Accepts A .x4.iary Limit
y Admiral Baron Kato gave the accsn.
= ance Ct Japan of this pronosal. r,
i pointed out, however, that unless tn,
Q question of limitations IS to large
speedy merchantmen was worked ~
: the auxiliary ship resolution "will re
i main meaningless"
), Chairman Hughes said as he under
Y stood the resolution the 10000 tor
j. limisation applied to al but three
n classes of warships, capital craft. air
+ plane carriers and ships now existing
He proposed the following rearrange
5 ment Of the wording of the resolution
: which was accepted:
t 'fNo ship of war hereafter built
- other than a capital ship or airplant
e carrier, shall exceed q total tonnage
r displacement of 10000, and no our
: shall be carried by any ship OF
{ war hereafter, other than capita
ship, with a caliber in excess Of eight
: inches"
The question Of regulations for con
= verting merchantmen into auxiliarS
: warships, Mr. Hughes said. would be
brought up later
!. Airplane Carriers Regulations
/ The chairman then restatad the
original American proposal that ton.
S mage OF aircraft carriers as between
5 and among Great Britain, the United
: States and Japan, be limited to 10000
t aggregate for the first two powers, and
$4,000 for Japan. He also recalled the
4 other stipulations as to carriers in the
original project and the subsequent