The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-12-08

ana Hnineffatciy following their utter
ance. NJ. CamerlyDck takes the French
down In shorthand and then delivers II
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 ex-
cept the cropping one. but NJ. Gamer
iynck when TRANSMITTING Bnlfour sup
plies gestures on his own account.
Balfour, when listening recognizes his
translated words. hut he does not rec
ognize anything else.
BRAND is much amused. for he plain
iy shows amusement. ms he watches
Interpreter Cameriynck repeat in
English the French premier's ad-
dresses. Camcriynck has the BRAND
manner to T. lie would make q
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 ns translator nj many conferences
he has watched men speak. II IL per-
hnps unconsciousry that he doubles up
their manners as he doubles up their
words.
kato Eloquent but Not Flowery.
Baron Kato. the japanese admiral,
Is an orator. hut there are no flowers
In his oratory. He speaks like
Japanese three-pounder gun, true
sallor-like and. II you win, 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 TRANSMITTING. He
gives the admiral's spirit rs he gives
the admiraps 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
II 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 commandments.
Poison Gases and Airpianes.
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. 1t is possible, of course,
that Its use In warfare may be pro
hibited but il 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 divest
itself of enough OF Its armOr to pre-
vent its taking care Of itself In case
It Is attacked. In the words of Banty
come home" but "resolOotin" will not
prevent some nation or other from
breaking its word In wartime II II In
given TO woodworking.
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. 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 l.. Sibert.
u. s. A. (Retired). who 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 a wide public In