The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-02-01
JAP and CHINK
READY TO AGREE
TO PROPOSITION
Have Accepted in Substance the
Proposal Supported by
President Harding.
PLANS MADE FOR
SALE OF RAILWAY
Tsingtoa- -Tsinanfu Road Shall
Be Purchased by China
BY Treasury Notes.
(sy The Associated Press)


WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.--Prepara-
tions to present publicly the five-pow-
er naval and submarine treaties at to-
morrow,s open session OF the arms
conference were completed in commit
tee today after the British and French
delegates again had indulged in a
sharp exchange over the submarine
issue.
At the same time, the Japanese and
Chinese about completed their draft
ing OF the treaty by which Shantung
is to be restored to China, and it was
predicted that this agreement, too
might be formally written into the
book of conference accomplishments
at tomorrows public meeting.
Despite the British French tilt, the
naval committee OF the whole ap-
proved in short order, the two treaties
NV which the powers agree 70 limit
Fclrtif capital ship sea power and to
impose certain restrictions on their
!. use OF submarines. At the public ses-
sion the treaties are to be read into
the record and each delegation head is
to deliver an address expressing his
governments acceptance.
undecided whether the submarine dec
larations and the accompanying reso-
luton condemning use of poison gas
in warfare should be put into a for
NAL 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, Il was learned tonight the Japa-
nose 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 Japanese
officials be included in the operating
personnel during the period Of pay
ment. The notes are to be for fifteen
years, with an option OF full payment
in five.
The agreement on Japanese particle
patton in the roads management a
subject over which the bitterest DIFF
ference of opinion had arisen, provides
that there shall be a Japanese traffic
manager and that one OF the two chief
accountants shall be Japanese and the
other Chinese. All or these officials,
however. are under the authority of
Chinese managing director.
The sudden flare up over the reten-
tion OF submarines in the navies OF the
world came as an unexpected feature
of today's naval committee session.
ana led. to a debate between the
Fronch and the British which ap-
proached an intensity OF feeling ana
exchanges which took place when the
question first came before the confer
ence several weeks ago.
In today's discussion Ambassador
Iusserand took the lead for the
rranch and Lord Lee for the British,
the former bringing the subject to the
fore by announcing that he had re-
oeived information from France TO re-
fute Lord Lees previous charges thae
a naval article by Captain Castex OF
the French navy seemed to indicate
lsrench policy of unrestricted suoma-
rine warfare.
NJ. Jasscrand declared Lord Lee had
omitted TO say that Captain CasteN
concluded his argument on submarines
by the words "the Germans argue In
shis way" Therefore. the ambassador
contended. the article in question had
been cited In a manner not quite fair
10 France Moreover, he added, the
sub-titIe character OF the German
s,yhrnarine warfarA- had been omit
ted when the article was referred to.
lie asserted that castex was only a
lecturer at the staff organization
school, while the real views OF France
on submarine warfare had been clear
ly expressed by responsible men like
Commander Vincent opposed 70 Ger
man methods.
Arthur ]. Balfour the ambassador
continued. had said that Great Britain
won the fight against submarines and
that IL war came again the burden
would be upon Great Britain, which
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