The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-01
FNE-POWER NAVAL
 PACT ID BE GIVEN
 ID WORLD TODAY
Japanese and Chinese Also Complete Drafting of Their Treaty Providing for the
 Return of Shantung
By Associated Press

Washington, January 31.--Prepsr- ations to present publicly the five power naval and submarine treaties at tomorrow's open session of the arms conference were completed in committee today after the British and French delegates again had in dulged in sharp exchange over the submarine issue.
 At the same time the Japanese and Chinese about completed their draft ing of the treaty by which Shantuns is to be restored to China, and 1t was predicted that this agreement too, might be formally written into the book of conference accomplish ments at tomorrQw's public meeting
 Despite the Bitish- French tilt, the naval committee of the whole ap- proved in short order the two treaties by which the powers agree to limit their capital ship sea power and to impose certain restrictions on the use of submarines. At the public session the treaties are to be read into the record and each delegation head is to deliver an address expressing his gov ernment's acceptance.
 Protocol Is Favored
 Until the last minute it had been undecided whether the submarine declarations and the accompanying resolution condemning use of poison gas in warfare should be put into q formal treaty or left in the form of a protocol not requiring parliamentary ratification. Expressions at the com mittee meeting, however, are said to have revealed a preponderance of opinion in favor of the latter course.
 In their final agreement on Shan tung, it was learned tonight, the Jap anese and Chinese accepted in sub stance the proposal supported by President Harding providing that the Tsingtao-Tsinanfu railway shall be purchased by China and paid for with treasury notes, and that two Jap anese officials be included In the operating personnel during the period of payment The notes are to be for Is years, with an option of full pay ment in five
 Under Chinese Director
 The agreement on Japanese partici- patton in the roads management. a subject over which the bitterest diff lCicHGt OA OpiniOu bdd allcChF Pi vides that there shall be Japanese traffic manager and that one of the two chief accountants shall be Jap- enese and the other Chinese. All of these officials, however, are under the authority of a Chinese managing director.
 The sudden flare-up over the re- tention of submarines in the navies of the world came as an unexpected fea sures of todcy's naval ccmmittee session and led to a debate between the French and the British which ap- preached in intensity of feeling the exchanges which took place when the question first came before the con- ference several weeks ago.
 Denies British Charge
 In today's discussion Ambassador Jusserand took the lead for the French and Lord Lee for the British, the former bringing the subject to the fore by announcing that he had received information from France to refute Lord Lees previous charges that naval article by Captain Cas- tex of the French navy seemed to indicate a French policy of unre- stricted submarine warfare.
 M Jusserand declared Lord Lee had omitted to say that Captain Cas- tex concluded his argument on sub marines by the words, The Germans argue in this way" Therefore, the amba ssador contended, the article in question had been cited in a manner not quite fair to France. Moreover. he added the subtitle, Character of the German submarine warfare" had been omitted when the article was re- ferred to. He asseted that Castex ! Q n eff n ganization school, while the real views of France on submarine war fare clearly expressed by responsible men like Commander Vincent, op- posed German methods.