Arizona republican., 1921-12-30

real life we are dealing with here. This is no perfunctory business for a committee of lawyers. It is a state ment of action and of undisputed principles universally known and not open to discussion, put in such form that it may crystalline the public opinion of the world. that there may be no doubt in any future war whether the kind of action that sent down the Lusitania Is legitimate war or piracy.
 we can not justify ourselves in separating without some declaration that will give voice to the humane opinion of the world upon this sub ject, which was the most vital, the most heartfelt, the most stirring to the conscience and to the feeling of the people of all our countries of anything that occurred during the | late war. l should be ashamed to go on with this conference, without some declaration, some pronounce ment for the specialization of the | opinion of mankind in the establish ment of a rule which will make 1t plain to all the world that no man 1 can commit such an act Gas the sink | ing of the Lusitania) again without being stigmatized as a pirate" Mir. Root briefly rehearsed the re- | jection by the assembly of the league | of nations of the proposal of the | advisory committee of jurists assem- 1 bled by the council of the league that a conference for the advance
 ment of international law be created.
 The door was closed" he said
 Where do we stand? Is this not tc be a world regulated law?"
 l Somebody Must Move The speaker said there was no ade-
 quate law to govern submarines, air
 craft or poison gases and somebody
 must move" His resolution, he said proposed to reinstate the rules O.
 war that have been trampled under
 foot. flouted and disregarded."
 'Is there a delegation here,~ h'
 continued. ''that can afford to gt
 back to it's own people and say tt
 them upon the proposal being pre-
 sented to us we referred it to a com
 mitte of lawyers and adJourned?'
 T am not going to be buried unde
 a committee of lawyers myself, am
 these rules can not be buried unde 1 them. Either we speak clearly an intelligibly the voice of humanit
 which has sent us here and to whic
 we must report or that voice wi speak for itself and, speaking with out us, will be our condemnation"
 MT. Root said he opposed refer
 ence of the solution ''to a committe of lawyers, or to any other commit ] tee"
 T ask for a vote upon 1t here" h .. . said.
 Sir John Salmond, for New Zea 7. land also opposed reference to a legs
 committee but warned against hast
 l He pointed out that read literally !, paragraph three of article one woul s mean that even merchant shi
 which refused to stop when signalle by a submarine could not be attaeke ;, until her passengers and crew ha
 been placed in safety.
 e He also said article two had n s disclosed its relation as a propose n eventual substitute for article ol = until Mir. Root had explained its pu
 pose.
 h Want Simple Rules V Senator Lodge declared "simplici l. of statement was the first aim al reaffirming the rules of warfare al ,s that the Root resolutions accoI V plished that object. He support 'd Mir. Roots argument and oppos n reference to a legal committee, sa -t ing there were in the delegatio a those able to put the statement as :, submarine rules in proper form. it What should like to see done the conference" he said. "is to deci on a policy -. We can easily ta .. care of amendments suggested. This policy has been present ad and will not down. The world tod is wants an unequivocal declarati a against the sinking of the Lusitan ,s I know the opinion of my country. ,r What will be the alternative lv we fail to reach this decision? '