Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-01-14
SARRAUT ORDERED
TOCONT|NUE WORK
At ARMS PARLEY
PIenary Session Improbable
This Week on Account of
Delay in Final Draft of
Treaty

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-(By the
Associated Press.(-President Mile
rand, of France, has directed M. Sar-
raut, head of the French delegation,
to continue in that capacity. until
the end Of the Washington confer
ence. Instructions to this effect
were received today in a cablegram
from NJ. BRAND, retiring French pre-
mier, who continues under French
procedure to exercise the functions
of his office until his successor takes
up his duties.
A statement issued today from
French delegation headquarters,
said:
an. Sarraut, head of the French
delegation, has received from M. Bri-
and a cablegram in which he ex-
planned the circumstances which
caused him to hand in his resigna-
ton to the president Of the republic.
In accord with President Millerand,
M. BRAND requests M. Sarraut to
continue to act as plenipotentiary at
the Washington conference until the
work has been completed.
IN. BRAND avails himself of the
opportunity to thank M. Surraut in
the warmest terms for the collabora-
ton which he has received from him
as minister of the colonies and as
chief of the delegation to the Wash
ington conference, and to convey to
him congratulations upon the firm
and able manner in which, as chief
of the delegation, he has defended
the interests of France at Washing
ton in a full spirit of cooperation
with the noble ends being sought by
the conference"
Details of Scrapping
Although the delegates had given
up hope Of putting the treaty in
shape in time for announcement at
a plenary session this week, it APP
peared probable when the ''big five"
resumed their discussion today that
a. virtually completed treaty would
be ready for action by the full naval
committee tomorrow or Monday.
Having completed their first revi
sion of the pact yesterday and re-
turned it to the legal experts for q
re-draft of amendments it remain,
ed for the delegation heads today to
reach a final agreement on the sec
ton relating to the disposition Of
scrapped ships and also that fixing
a Status quo" for Pacific fortified
tons, upon which the Japanese dele
gates are now awaiting instructions
from Toxic.
Although on the former the dele
CATION chiefs were said to be in vir-
tual agreement, the discussions over
methods of scrapping prescribed
warships have aroused unusual in
terest among the naval experts of
the conference, who, in their sub
committee draft, recommended that
permission be given for their CONVEX
sion into other types of craft. such
as aircraft carriers.
Each of the powers is permitted
TO build specified number of such
craft under the ratio agreement, and
if the conversion were allowed, it is
argued, much Of the money already
spent on hulls could be saved. Sec
rotary Hughes is understood to have
taken the position in the big five"
meetings, however, that to permit
the use of discarded battleships in
any way would not be in accord with
the animating purpose of the Wash.
ington conference.
Waiting ON Toxic
The Toxic reply on the fortifica-
lions question is expected to make
possible an early settlement by bring
ing the BONN islands, held by the
Japanese to be a part of the Japa-
nese homeland" within the scope
Of the Notifications article without
classifying them as outside that ter
ritory. The original agreement pro.
vided thar the status quo should
not apply to fertilization on islands
classed within the homeland" of
the Unite States or Japan, but the
Japanese have said they had no OBJ
lection to extending it to the BONN
group.
The port of Using Tao and the en-
tire Kia Chow leased territory would
be opened by China to the commerce
of all nations on equal terms under
| an agreement reached by the Chi.
nese and Japanese delegations today
in continuing their converse lions
over the Shantung CONTROVERSY