South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-07
PROSCRIBES USE
OF HUN WEAPON
ON LAND OR SEA
Provisions of Versailles Treaty
Incorporated In Latest
Root Proposal.
ITALY GIVES ASSENT
Committee Passes Vote to I'M
pose Piracy Penalties on
Sub Commanders.


BY Associated Press
WASHINGTNO. Jan. 6.-A dve-
power contract 90 impose the age
old penalties for piracy against
naval commanders who violate ac-
cepted laws az naval warfare vas
approved Friday hr tlo armament
committee OF the Washington con-
ference. IL completed the Root for
mula for suppression OF U-b0at ter
rorism at sea. and the committee
then moved forward toward q pro-
serption Of gas warfare on sea or
land.
Again NIr. Root drew the resolu-
ton 10 effect the prohibition Again
am immediate lve-power contract 90
abandon gas or other similar chem
/ zeal weapons as beyond The pale OF
. human tolerance is proposed, 20 bo
/ worked ont later hy world agree
ment into the fabric Of internation0.
E law And again DO seemed certain
4 that under American initiative. war
/ IN future would be stripped 0f
/ others of the horrors German inre-
uuity let loose upon Che world
Italy gave prompt adhesion 20 the
anti-Sas project as ga real step in
the path OF progress and ci.IIza-
tion." Adjournment OF the commit
/ tee prevented the views Of other del
/ eg8uons from being presented. but
all were said % favor the ban ON
gas warfare
Rcarrangc Root Proposals.
There was re-arrauEsmant t0-
day of the Root formula for caraiu1
submarine operations a-alne. mere
chant craft. AS the proposals came
. from the armament committee Is
Z was divided into four separate
articles
The first re-stated in brief lam
I euage the accepted rules OF naval
warfare applying 10 merchant So ps
and specifically applied these rules
10 international law. The thrI
proposed a new principle of lnterna-
uonal law pr0hihluuE use of suhma-
rines as commerce dtstr0ycrs. coupe
led with am agreement among rNe
five powers 20 adopt this rule a
among themselves Immediately. The
fourth was that approved today in-
4 voking the rule Of piracy against
naval commanders violating the de-
( c.ared laws of war
AS re-arranEed later. the piracy
rule becomes number three. and is
t coupled up with numbers one and
f two. the purpose being. il was exc
planned. to seek world agreement ON
that principle as aH immeoiate ez-
tension of the existing laws 20 war
II could not bc applied. IT. was Said
as 20 violations Of the proposal 20
. ban submarines entirely az COM
+ merce raiders until that had been
/ accepted by the world
Four Provisions Adopted
( The re-arraugtmeut left the pro-
I posa- ~ ban submarine destruction
1 of commercial craft standing sep
\ arate as number four .n the Root
/ submarine formula group. And
/ with the completion OF the agree
I ment on these four statements
+ through acceptance of the plracv
rule modified so as 20 apply 90 all
/ uava. commanders and not alone to
/ commanders of submarines as orig
.r1.ly drawn. the committed passed
+ Go the po-son gas discussion.
Secy Hughes called up the sub
/ icct. presenting FIRST the report or
/ the subcommittee appointed 10 deal
/ with new agencies Of war. u
showed a disagreement among rho
experts who considered the sub .ec-
F on the question as 90 whether gas
/ warfare should bee wholly abolished
/ There was. however. the report said.
/ agreement ia the subcommittee on
/ certain points. reached more or less
unanimously" The points of agree
] D. a.
/ included the statements that no ma
/ ton dared risk au agreement which
might prevent its preparedness 20
/ Zeal with can INSCRIPTIONS enemy
I vino might resort 20 gas warfare.
submits Resolution
The subcommittee brought IN no
/ conclusions or recommendation and
/ Mr. Hughes then turned 10 the re-
/ port Of the Pershing sub-commgtee
/ on chemical warfare II the Amerl-
/ can advisory committee. unanimous
/ ~ approved by the advisory commit
( tee Itself. urging adjustment OF Eas
warfare in the following resolution:
That chemical warfare. includ-
f ing the uses OF gases. whether toxic
+ or non-toxio. should ae prohibited
/ by international agreement and
/ should he classed with such unfair
I methods ~ warfare as poisoning
wells introducing germs ~ diseases
/ and other methods thar are abhor-
rent in modern warfare"
Nr. Hughes read also a report
/ from the land armament committee
~ the advisory committee dec.lr-
ing:
"l-ra-~f-ar warfare eb-rrF IA