The New York herald., 1922-02-01
BRITAIN AND FRANCE.
IN FRESH FLAREUP'
Submarine Issue Revived in
Conference With Former
Bitterness.
CALLS LORD LEE UNFAIR
Jusserand Asserts His Version
of Castex Article Was
Biased.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81 ASSOCIATED
Press) THE French and British clashed
again to-day on the submarine Issue.
The flareup was sudden and unexpected
and the debate approached in intensity
of feeling the exchanges which took
place when the question first came be-
fore the conference several weeks ago.
In to-day's discussion Ambassador
Jusserand took the lead for the French
and Lord Lee for the British, the for
mer bringing the subject to the fore by
announcing he had received information
from France to refute Lord Lees pre-
vious charges that naval article by
Capt Castex of the French navy seemed
to indicate a. French policy of unre-
stricted submarine warfare.
M. Jusserand declared Lord Lee had
omitted to say Capt. Castex closed his
argument on submarines by the words,
''The Germans argue in this way"
Therefore, the Ambassador contended.
the article in question had been cited
in a manner not quite fair to France.
Moreover. he added, the subtitle, Char
acter of the German Submarine War
fare" had been omitted when the ar
ticle was referred 60. lie asserted that
Castex was only q lecturer at the staff
organization school, while the real views
Of France on submarine warfare had
been clearly expressed by responsible
men like Commander Vincent. opposed
to German methods.
Arthur J. Balfour, the Ambassador
continued, had said Great Britain won
the fight against the submarines and
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be upon Great Britain, which had 1876
anti-submarine craft during the war In
reply to that M. Jusserand pointed out
that from the BEGINNING of the war
many French marines had been mobil-
lied to fight in Flanders and Alsace, but
when submarine warfare was declared
by Germany France turned her atten-
ton to the submarine danger. AS mat
ter Of fact, the Ambassador said, the
French mobilized as many as 1900 anti
submarine craft and not 257, as Mr.. Bal
four had said.
Lord Lee replied to the Amba ssador
by saying he was not prepared to enter
into a new discussion, but thought he
could support the view that the general
meaning of the Castex article was as
he had originally described 1t. Further
more, Lord Lee recalled that the British
effort to abolish submarines had been
opposed by France and that this was to
bring upon Great Britain a heavy
burden. He did not wish to make a
controversial reply, but declared with
some feeling that Great Britain had
shown good faith. She had offered
France a treaty as a guaranty of the
situation in Europe, he said; and he
suggested that no. further ssSupd sbe ut
tered that might make tho situation
worse. He believed IL better to go
forward together as friends and allies
in the reconstruction of the world.
In a rejoinder Ambassador Jusserand
said he was glad of the last words of
Lord Lee. which he was certain would
create a widespread impression, but was
not in accord with the British Spokes-
mans declaration that France was i'm
posing burden of submarines upon the
world. All the nations except Great
Britain, the Ambassador declared
wanted to maintain submarines a fact
he said. which should be remembered
in connection with the general tendency
to misjudge France often during the
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