The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-20
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Delegates Hare Await Decisions
Of Lloyd George and Harvey.
Prof. Das Asserts.

Prof. OaS Asserts.
BY PROF. TARAKNATH DAs.
International Secretary. Friends Of Free
dom for India.
The real arms conferences II now
being held in London, instead Of
Washington. Lloyd George. M. BRAND
and Mr.. Harvey are the participants.
The fate Of the whole parley de-
ponds upon how much pressure has
been or can be brought upon M.
BRAND by the Lloyd George Harvey
combination, the union of the Eng
disappearing peoples or the Anglo
American bloc.
1t is apparent Harvey is pressing
the French premier to submit to the
program which IL not for the ma
tfonal security of France. M. BRAND
may make concessions, but his min
istry will not survive and the treaty
will not be ratified II French inter-
ests be sacrificed because Of the dip
lomatic and economic pressure ex.
erted by America and Britain.
French Stand Misinterpreted.
French contention for an adequate
navy has been misinterpreted gross
ly. They have all the reasonableness
on their side, In spite of vigorous
propaganda against them. France
asks the American people to under
stand these simple facts:
I. AS long as there 10 no real dis.
armament - only some reduction OF
the fighting machines--no committee
of nations such a. Anglo-American
combination, backed by japan, has
any right to tell any nation what Ia
necessary for the preservation of its
ma fional need and M fofv
2. Consistent with this idea France
recently adopted the measures in the
French chambers to have q navy
which Is necessary for her self
defense.
8. The argument that tho naval
ratio for France must be based on
her existing naval strength is not
Just to France. because II reduced
France to a third class power-lower
than Japan. In 1914 France had
naval program which would have
made her naval strength much higher
than what it is today. But France
had to use her energy for land de-
tense, while Japan, Britain and Amer.
navies. Is II dust that because
France had her back to the wall dur.
Ing the war that she should be made
a power lower than Japan?
Argument for Strong Navy.
4. II Japan needs the navy which
has been accorded to her. including
the Mutsu, to protect her interests
in world politics, 1t IL idle to say
France has less interest in world
affairs than has japan. when France
has colonies scattered all over the
world.
s. The British contend France does
not need a big navy because there
Is no German navy. The French
retort to that that the German navy
was not against France. but against
Britain, and Britain has annihilated
II. The British attitude makes the
French feel that Britain looks at the
French navy today with the same
feeling Of suspicion they used to do
toward Germany-an untustified view
unless Britain Is determined to main
tain a two-power standard navy In
Europe.
France does not grudge Italy hav-
ing a navy equal to that Of France;
but II the existing naval strength
is the standard for naval ratio,
Italy's demand for a navy equal to
that Of France IL absurd, because
today France has capital ships Of
1862 900 aggregate tons whereas Italy
has only $4,000 tons. What is at
the back of favoring Italy against
France7 Does England expect Italy
will stand against France. And is
It fer that reason this special con-
sderation has been granted for
Italy7 Italian national interest de-
mands q navy for the Mediterranean
only, whereas France has equal in
terest In the Mediterranean to that
OF Italy. and she has colonial in
terests in the Atlantic, Indian ocean
and Pacific to protect.
France Suspects Program.
The strength of the French argu.
ment can be well understood from the
fact that France does not see any
justice in the American program which
makes her inferior to Japan after
Germany and Russia had been re-
duced to very insignificant naval
strength. France does not see in the
present plan any real disarmament,
hut the control of the world by three
navies; and she being practical, does
not want to have her national defense
insecure, especially after finding that
the Anglo-American-F rench defensive
alliance was not at all acceptable to
the American people.
1t Is very hard for the French to
see any utibilty in the arms confer
ence here, excepting the establishment
OF a new balance OF power based upon
Angio-American alliance hidden in the
so-called four power pact, and a ten
years understanding that America will
not build any navy to challenge Brit
ish supremacy on the seas.
CRAP-SHOOTER PLEADS
GUILTY TO MANSLAUCHTER
Indicted for murder in the second
depreo In cOnpocfioy, With tina death