Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1921-12-30

ines as well as other naval craft
The public opinion of the world
says" he said, that the submarine Is
not under any circumstances exempt
from the rules above stated. That Is
a negation of the assertion of Ger
bany in the war that if a submarine
could not capture a merchant vessel
in accordance with established rules,
the rules must fail and the submarine
was entitled to make the capture.
The public opinion of the civilized
world has denied this and has rend-
cred it's judgment in the action that
! won the war. 1t was the revolt of
humanity against the position of Ger
many that led to Germany's defeat.
No Place For Lawyers
MY friends and colleagues, this is
real life we are dealing with here.
This is no perfunctory business for a
committee of lawyers. 1t is a state
! ment of action and of undisputed
| principles universally known, and not
! open to discussion, put in such form
/ that it may crystalize the public opin-
, ion 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.
1--WE cannot 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 any
thing that occurred during the late
war. | should be ashamed to go on
with this conference without some
declaration, some pronouncement for
the crystalization of the opinion >of
mankind in the establishment of a
rule which will make it plain to all
the world that no man can commit
such an act Gas the sinking of the
Lusitania) again without being stig-
matIed as a pirate"
Root briefly rehearsed the rejec-
ton by the assembly of the League
of Nations of the proposal of the ad-
visory committee of jurists assem-
bled by the council of the league that
"a conference for the advancement
] of international law be created.
| The door was closed" he said.
Where do we stand? Is this not to
| be world regulated by law"
| Present Laws Inadequate
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 restate the rules of war
that have been trampled under foot
| flouted and disregarGed.'
rs there a delegation here" he con
| tinued, that can afford to go back to
its own people and say to them, Up
on the proposal being presented to us
we referred it to committee of law
| yers and adjourned?
Il am not going to be buried under
a committee of lawyers myself, and
these rules cannot be buried under
J them. Either We speak clearly and
intelligently the voice of humanity
| which has sent us here, and to which
we must report, or that voice will
speak for itself and, speaking with
| out us, will be our condemnation"
! Root said he opposed reference OF
| the solution ito committee of law
| yerS or to any other committee"
81 ask for vote upon it here" he
said.
Senator Lodge declared 'simpIici
| ty of statement" was the first aim in
reaffirming the rules of warfare and
that the Root resolutions accomplish
ed that object. He supported Roots
argument and opposed reference to a
legal committee, saying there were in
the delegations those able to put the
statement as to submarine rules in
proper form.
What | should like 10 see done by
the conference" he said, 'is to decid ,
| on a DOlicy 4 = = We can easily
take care of amendments suggested.
Underwood Urges Action
This policy has been presented
and will not down. The world today
wants an unequivocal declaration
against the sinking of the Lusitania
l know the opinion of my country"
Senator Underwood expressed
hearty concurrence" with Roots
views
eve have now reached at this ia,