Evening star., 1922-02-01
ULSSERAND AND LEE
IN SUBMARINE DISPUTE
Attitudes of France and England Explained
During Live!y :Discussion-Naual
Treaty A APproved.

The twentieth meeting of the COM
mittee on the limitation of naval
armament was held in the PAN
American building Tuesday after
noon January 81. 1922, at $3.50
o'clock. Following is the official re-
port of the session:
The chairman (Mr. Hughes) said
that he was glad to be able to re-
port, from the subcommittee OF M
teen, which had had in charge tne
consideration of the proposals relat-
ing to the limitation of naval arma-
ment that conclusion hau oeeI
reached unanimously and empooleu
in a proposed naval treaty. lie pre-
sented the treaty to the committee;
1t was somewhat long and he woulu
not attempt to read 1t. 1t had peen
considered. he assumed by eact,
delegation. as it had been passed
upon by the chiefs of delegations.
with their experts. meeting IN the
subcommittee of fifteen. ot course
if it was desired by any OF the dele
gates that the treaty should be re-
viewed at this time. article by ar .
ticle. that course would be taken. II
he was right in the aSSumptl4h thal
each chief of delegation had been
over the treaty with his deleSatloh'
the chairman assumed that the com
action he suggested was that the
proposed form of treaty. as passed
by the subcompittee of fifteen, whlcn
embodied the conclusions redcheu
with respect to the Limitation Oh
naval armament. be approved ana re-
ported to the conference at the plen-
ary session, which would be held the
following day. The chairman asked
if that course was agreeable. AS all
delegations assented. the chairman
said it was so ordered
Mr.. JuSserand said:
Mr.. President, / beg leave to sub
init to the committee a few obserVa-
tions. l should like to have pre-
sented them some time ago buI cir
cumStanceS did not permit. lhere
were other questions that Sanle up
besides this one of naval dlSarma-
ment, and also it was rather dirncuit
to explain myself without gettins
the necessary documents. which We're
not very easy to procure.
EXPLAINS French Position.
"In the course of the last few weeks
the country that / have represented
in America for nearly twenty years
has been cenSured with extreme Sc
verify and | might use another WORD.
The lettersI have been receiving, tHe
articles which l have read. the con-
yersationS in which l have taken par
all this shows us very grave, serious
Observation-Disclosures @iii 49,
minds of many as to the IDEAS Oh
France. her faith and her aspirations.
Many people continue to be!leVe tnat
although we are poor-and we are
poor for reasons of which we are not
ashamed-although we are poor that
We wanted to establish big navy. of
big warships. Nothing of the klnd.
We were only thinking OF the case
when in the future that might De
necessary. and when we might pe.
come less poor, IN order 10 RESUME :
on the high seas the rank which we
have ever held.
"To which l shall add: OF the coun-
tries which we expected 10 approve
this ambition. our great. maritime
neishbor was, in our opinion. to be
the foremost. since there are so many
chances that our fleet may prove OF
use to Great Britain. and none, 1
trust, that it should be harmful 10
her An the course of the last cen
tury three great wars nave taheh
nlace in the world in which the Brit
ish and French fleets participated ana
in these three wars, they fought sioe
by side for the same cause. Can any
thing different be imagined: we 40
not think so. we OF france, atad nd
different opinion, we would not
change ours.
DENIES Passion for Submarines.
"But the chief blame aimed at US
had for it's cause the question or the
submarines People continue to be
persuaded that we have passion
for these loathed machines and want
10 use them German fashion. All TINS
- chiefjy grounded <on remarks made
bv the first lord of the admiralty at
the sitting of December 80: they had
an immense effect. still lasting. Ihey
were based on an article by COM
mander Castex. published in January.
rooo who is now famous. but was not
before. and l had trouble to find a
copy and read 1t.
II have done so and found that as
for the, tone of the article 1T is rather