The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-12-05


the greatest orator in <he conference,
albeit he crates in the words Of others
and Immediately following their utter
ance, M. Camerlynck takes the French
down In shorthand and then delivers 1t
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
llynck when translating tRaltour sup
plies gestures on his own account.
Balfour, when listening, recognizes his
translated words, but he does not rec
ognize anything else. ',a -: -.
BRAND is much amused. for he plain
lily shows amusement, as he watches
interpreter Camerlynck repeat in
English the French premiers ad-
dresses. Can1erlynck has the BRAND
manner to r. 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-
Iity as translator at many conferences
he has watched men speak. 1t is per-
haps unconScfously that he doubles up
their manners as he doubles up their
words.
kato Eloquent but Not FIowery.
Baron Kato, the Japanese admiral,
lis an orator. but there are no flowers
in his oratory. He speaks like Il
Japanese three-pounder gun. true
sallor-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 says.
He has an interpreter with him. one
/ OF the few Japanese present ut the
conference who understands the
shades OF meaning Of the American
Language. The interpreter also pounds
Hike field gen when translating. He
gives the ad,nirals spirit as he gives
the admiral's words. ..s;,.,... a..
u The British, the French, the Jap
1anese and the other representatives o.
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 arc
stationed here as continuing cnrre-
spondents. and can say it with every
assurance that they will not be quoted
land that their information will not be
used If they declare In advance that
lit 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. a!
! The French, seem to feel TINT they.
are assured Of sympathetic treatment
lin 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 comnunfcativeness.
4 Poison oasss and Appliance.
Poison gases and airplanes are two
of the chief factors in the problem
Jas the airplanes are concerned. the
use Of them in war Is 90 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
lis 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-
|Lbited, but it Is known. because OF
! The necessities Of the commercial case,
that experiments in chemistry will 50
on, and that hand in hand with them
will 60 the study Of the production Of
poison gases which can he used in
WAR. -' '~.'.
, The conferees lay stress upon de.
Tense as opposed to oirense. No one
has suggested that a nation divest
Iitselt of enough Of its armor, to pre-.
vent its taking care Of itself IN case
it is attacked. In the words Of Ranty
YTim, "You can resoloot till the cows
come home" but "resolootin" will not
prevent some nation or, other from
, breaking it's word in wartime. IL 1t Is
given to woodworking.
I Fries and West Write a Book.
i On the advisory committee Of the
American board Of delegates Is the
chief Of the, chemical warfare servics
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 it's uses. In fact, the two have
dust written and published an extraor-
linarily interesting book called Chem
deal Warfare" with foreword writ
ten by Maj. Gen. William l.. Sibert,
IL. 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