The New York herald., 1921-11-30
OUTLAW WEAPONS
TO COME UP TO-DAY
Will Be Considered at Meeting
of the American Advisory
Committee.
REPORTS WILL BE MADE
Advisers May Not Be Able to
File Recommendations
at Once.
REPORTS WILL BE MADE
Special Despatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. ID. C.. Nov 20.

Special Despatch to THE New YORK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington. ID. C.. Nov. 20.
Outlaw weapons of warfare will be
brought to bar tomorrow at a gen.
eral meeting Of the American ad-
visory committee, when reports for
and against the abolition In modern
warfare of the submarine and poison
gases will be made by several sub
committees.
In answer to popular and growing
sentiment for the abolition of both
weapons and In some part for regula-
ton instead of abolition the advisory
committee Will take up study OF the
situation with the purpose of making
recommendations to the American
delegates in the conference.
How soon the advisory committee Will
be able TO transmit to the American
delegates its plan for the American
policy will not be known until to-mor-
row after the subcommittee make their
reports The advisory committee may
require several days to frame its pro-
grammc.
The committee probably will be guided
! In large measure by material TO be lald
before Il by the subcommittee on pub
lie information headed by William Boyce
Thompson, which was created TO feel the
pulse of public sentiment on all aues-
tions before the conference. The SUD
| committee has only just begun 70
function. IL is likely, therefore. that Mr.
| Thompson will ask for an extension OIL
time for the report of his subcommittee
But reports. or partial reports. prob
| ably will be submitted to the advisory
committee concerning the use OF SUD
marines and poison gas by the nhVai
armament subcommittee and the SUD
committee on new weapons OF warfare.
Carml Thompson. chairman OK the
subcommittee on new weapons. said to-
day his group probably would be ready
/ TO report on the use of poison gas. Inc
\ subcommittee has changed It's plan and
will make specific suggestions as TO the
question OF outlawfng gas or curtaiIing
its use. Mr.. Thompson added. At first
the subcommittee planned merely the
/ supply OF data on the effect OF gas on
the human system. the number OF gases
known and In what quantities they coulo
be manufactured in time OF war by the
| dlnerent nations. Gen. Pershing and
Admiral Rogers have been supplying the
committee with these data at meetings
which have been going on for several
weeks.
The question OF the outlawing OF sub
marines will be reported 70 tho advisory
committee by Admiral Rogers's SUD-
committee.
Although members OF both subcommit-
teas have preserved silence as TO the
recommendation TO be made 20 the ad-
visory committee. Il is intimated that the
naval subcommittee Will not approve OF
the complete abolition of submarines.
Instead the subcommittee is expected TO
urge the adoption OF policy by which
the use OF submarines would be regu-
lated TO prevent them attacking un-
armed merchant ships
This regulation also would provide Tor
the use OF submarines mainly for scout
ing and defence purposes. IL Is In these
uses the American naval experts plan
70 uphold submarines.
The American delegates are UNDER
stood TO lean toward reduction of sub
marine tonnage and International regu-
lation OF this weapon rather than to-
ward abolition. In this the American
delegates are following In part the the
ories OF their naval experts. who regard
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