Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-12-09


and Immediately following their utter
ance, NJ. Camerlynck takes the French
down in shorthand and then delivers 1t
~ English from his shorthand notes.
lie does the thing also In reverse and
each process seemingly is equally easy.
~-Mf. Baifour makes no gestures ex-
cert the cropping one. bur NJ. Gamer
lynek when translating Balfcur sup
plies gestures on his own account.
Baifour. when listening, recognizes his
translated words. bur be does not rec
ognize anything else.
BRAND is much amused. for he plain
y shows amusement. as he watches
Interpreter Camerlynck repeat In
English the French premier's ad-
dresses. Camerlynck has the BRAND
manner TO T. He would make
good actor Of the kind which cllngs
close TO the traditions of the great
masters of the acting craft. He is the
ehiefest of the copiers. In his capac-
itT as translator at many conferences
he has watched men speak. 1t is per-
haps urconsciously that he doubles up
their manners as he doubles up their
words.
Kato Eloquent but Not FIowery.
Baron kato, the japanese admiral,
is an orator, but there are no flowers
in his oratory. He speaks like a
! japanese three FOUNDER gun, true
sailor-like and. if you will, soldier
like. He speaks in japanese. All
that one who does not understand a
word of the language can tell is that
the admiral is pounding something
home and that he means what he saws.
He has an interpreter with him, one
OF the few japanese present at the
| conference who understands the
! shades of meaning of the American
| language. The Interpreter also pounds
like field gun when translatIng. He
gives the admral's spirit as he gives
the admiral's words.
The British, the French. the Jap
anese and the other representatives of
foreign powers here assembled have
had some little instruction apparently
from the American State department
concerning their dealings with Wash
ingson correspondents. They have
been told that they can say anything
that they wish to the men who are
stationed here as continuing CORE
! spondents, and can say ii with every
assurance that they will not be quoted
and that their information will not be
used if they declare in advance that
1t is to he taken as confidential.
The result of this is that the British
have foregone their habit of reticenee
and talk freely The Japanese have
been free enough with information
from the first. They are becoming
volubIe.
The French seem to feel that they
are assured of sympathetic treatment
in America. and the result is that they
are more liberal with information. per-
haps. than the others. The Italians
follow the French closely in this mat
ter of communicativeness
Poison Gases and Airplanes.
Poison gases and airplanes are two
of the chief factors in the problem
of the Limitation of armament. So far
as the airplanes are concerned, the
use of them In war is so bound up
with their use for commercial purposes
in peace that limitation of develop
ment probably will be impossible. An
airplane that Is serviceable under all
conditions for commercial purposes
is serviceable for most conditions in
! war.
Everybody connected with the con-
ference knows that poison gas has
come to stay. It is possible. Of course,
that its use in warfare may be pro
hlbited, but 1t Is known, because Of
the necessities Of the commercial case,
that experiments In chemistry will go
on, and that hand In hand with them
will go the study of the production Of
poison gases which can be used in
war.
The conferees lay stress upon de-
Tense as opposed to offense. No one
has suggested that a nation divest
itself of enough of its armor TO pre-
vent it's taking care of itself in case
it is attacked. In the words of Banty
Tim, you can resoloot till the cows
come home" but ''resolootir" will not
prevent some nation or other from
breaking its word in wartime If IL 10
given to woodworking
Fries and West Write Book.
On the advisory committee of the
American board Of delegates is the
chief of the chemical warfare service
of the United States army Brig. Gen.
Amos A. Fries. The views Of General
Fries and of Major Clarence J. West
of the reserve corps, chemist Of
high standing, have been made known
on the general subject of poison gas,
and its uses. In fact, the two have
Just written and published an extraor-
dinarily interesting book called Chem
ical Warfare" with foreword writ
ten by Maj. Gen, William L. Sibert.
U. S. A. (Retired), who was the first
director of the chemical warfare serv-