The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-02
FRENCH PAPERS
ROAST TACTICS
OF AMERICANS
Say rench Delegates At
the Armament Confer
ence Permitted Johr'
Bull and Uncle Sam n
Put 1t Across Them
,G6mplain That France
GuOqas Been Put Under
,S,I ssniI spicion

Ip9d
A.aa :8u! Jan. 2-Members of the
4 Jyul delegation should have lost
40 \ in giving their views of the
"lan for limitation of naval
,.,lrd 3lI1. gas declared by news
tpSs.I .5sno,. seot. "Pertinax,' poll
scented WITH Indignation charges OF
Imperialism and militarism against
the French and referred bitterly to
the conduct of England.
"Obviously, the American program
implied" he declared, that all navies
should BE of the same type and that
the same ratio fixed for capital ships
should apply to small units and sub
marines. Without waiting. We should
have asserted our right to Il navy
built according to other countries.
We postponed such action. contending
ourselves to answering present ques-
tions and taking every opportunity to
tlatter our transatlantic friends, who
were accepting everything given them
at its face value. They were after
wards astonished to find how our
ideas were full OF tucks and folds.
Our leaders made the same mistake
in 1919 in dealing with President Will
son and We're similarly accused OF
dupiicity''
S.. Brisce in tho journal was more
bitter in his comment.
England won magnificent game"
he asserted, "and has succeeded in re-
leasing Il European hegomny such az
no nation has known, and has thrown
on France the suspicion of imper-
ialism."
Abiding to the plan outlined by seq
rotary Hughes at the Washington con-
terence st. Brice remarked 1T is
a joke to present it as reflection ,
against militarism as the Hughes pro-
sram simply rules economy in the
domination OF the wcrld by thres
great powers
Washington, Jan. 2.--Despite the
New Years holiday, naval experts OF
the arms conference delega ations kept
at work today on their task of iron
ing out details of the naval limitations !.
plan which it is hoped to put into
final treaty form by the end of the
week. With no serious difficulty ex-
pected in formulating the necessary
technical adjustments to cover such
questions as replacement and scrap !,
ping of ships, there was a gepeCal )
feeling today that the end of the week :
may see another plenary session Of :.
the conference for announcement OF
formal five power treaty covering
the naval limitation scheme.
s., With this prospect for final dispo-
sition of the naval program, there was
a general expectation among the. dele
cations that in the following week
settlement covering the far eastern
field would be effected. permitting the
conference to adjourn about the mid
die of the month. Despite the several
troublesome issues which apparently Y
have yet to be cleared away in that
branch of the negotiations including
the Shantung question upon which the
Japanese and the Chinese are now
deadlocked it will be that settlement
would not be delayed beyond two
weeks. Most of the foreign delegates
have made definite arrangements for I,
the departure at the end of that time.
In connection with far eastern ques- :
tions, the Siberian situation had been
brought suddenly into prominence to-
day through the filing by the delega-
tion here from the far eastern re-
public of copies of alleged commune
cations between the Jap and French
governments covering the proposal
that the two governments act in con-
cert at the Washington conference
with respect to the establishment of
Japanese protectorate over Siberia
Although the documents We're
promptly declared by member of
the Japanese delegation to be "a ma
licious fabrication" and characterized ,
by a French delegate as forgeride.
stupidity contrived." there was coife,
siderable speculation today whether
the accusation would be brought for
mally before the conference by the
Chinese or some other delegation
when the Siberian situation is taken
up on the agenda. The Far Eastern
representatives. themselves not only
are not members of the conference
but are speaking for an unrecognized
government which left it uncertain as
to what cognizance may be taken Of
the charges.