Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-12-09

NJ. Camerlynck. He is, in his own way,
the greatest orator in the conference,
albeit he CRATES in the words of others
and Immediately following their utter
ance, NJ. Calnerlynck takes the French
down in shorthand and then delivers it
in English from his shorthand notes.
He does the thing also IN reverse and
each process seemingly is equally easy.
Mr.. Balfour makes no gestures eN-
cept the cropping one, but NJ Gamer
lynclS when translating Balfour sup
plies gestures on his own account.
Balfour, when listening, recognizes his
translated words, but he does not rec
ognize anything else.
BRAND is much amused, for he plain
~ shows amusement, as he watches
Interpreter Camerlynck repeat in
English the French premier's adj
dresses. Camerlynck has the BRAND
manner to a T. He would make
good actor Of the kind which clings
close to the traditions. of the great
masters Of the acting craft. He is the
chiefest of the copiers. In his capac-
ity as translator at many conferences
he has watched men speak. 1t is per-
haps unconsciously 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-ike 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 says.
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 a field gun when translating. He
gives the admiral'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
ington 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 it with every
assurance that they will not be quoted
and that their information will not be
used if they declare in advance that
| it is to be taken as confidential
The result of this is that the British
have foregone their habit Of reticence
and talk freely. The Japanese have
been free enough with information
from the first. They are becoming
.voluble
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 communicatfveness
FOlSOH GdSSS anu 5FAlT0 atCSs
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 mp
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. 1t is possible Of course,
that its use in warfare may be pro
hibited, but it 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 nation diyest
itself of enough of it's armor to pre-
went its taking care Of itself in case
it is attacked In the words of Banty
Tim, "You can resoloot till the cows
come home" but "resolootin" will not
prevent some nation or other from
breaking its word in wartime if it is
given to word breaking.
Fries and West Write a 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, a 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 a foreword writ
ten by Maj. Gen. William E. Sibert.
u. S. A. (Retired), VINO was the first
director of the chemical warfare serv-
| ice during the war General Fries
was the chief Of the same service in
the American expeditionary forces dur
| ing the war.
There seems to be wide public in
] terest lust now in poison gases. The