South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-01

snce or opinion in favor OF the lat
ter course.
The agreement on japanese par
tiefpatl0n in The railroads was "a sub
5ect. over which the bittercst diner
ence has arisen, provides that there
shall be a japanese tariff MANAGE
and that one OF the two Chinese acc
countauts Shall Dc japanese and the
other Chinese.
All OF these officials. however. are
under the authority OF a Chinese
managing director.
Unexpected
The sudden fare-up over the re-
tention Of submarines in the navles
Of the world came as an unexpected
feature OF Tuesdays naval committee
session. and Jed 20 q debate between
the French and the British which
approached in intensity Of feeling
the exchanges which took place when
the question first came before the
conferences several weeks ago.
Tn Tuesdays discussion Amoassa-
dor Juaserand took the lead for the
French. and Lord Lee for the Brit
ish. the former bringing the subject
90 the fore by announcing that ne
had received Information from
France 90 -efute Lord Lees previous
charges that a naval Article by Capt
Cas-ex Of the French navy. seemed
20 indicate a French policy or un-
restricted submarine warfare.
VI. Jusserand declared Lord Lee
had omitted 10 say that Capt. CasteX
concluded his argument on subma-
zines by the words abe Germans
argue I'm this way Therefore the
Ambassador coutended, the article
IN question had been cited BOO French
and British circles
lie asserted that Castex was only
8 lecturer at the staff organization
school. while the real views oil
France on submarine warfare
elarly expressed by responsible mer
like Commander Nicent opposed
German methods.
Arthur j. Balfour. the ambassa.
dor continued had said that Great
Britain would fight against the sub.
marine question. In reply 20 thai
1I JusscranC pointed out that in
the beginning Of war many French
r1arlnes had been modified 20 figh'
IN Flanders and AIsace but wher
Submarine warfare was declared by
Germany. France had turned hel
attention 90 the submarine danger
As a matter OF fact. the French mo.
billed az many as 1900 anti-sub
marine craft and not PSI. as Mr.
Balfour had said.
lee Explains British Stand.
Lord Lee replied TO the ambassa
dor by saying he was not prepared
70 enter into a new discussion. bu
though. be could support the view
that the general meaning of tn,
Castex article was as he had origin
ally described it Furthermore
Lord Lee recalled that the British
effort % abolish submarines had
been opposed by France and tha
this was 20 bring upon Great Britain
q heavy burden. He did not wish q
make the statement but declared
with some respect that Great
Britain had shown faith She haC
offered France a treaty as a guar
antee or the situation I'm Europe. ne
said and he suggested that no fur
Their word be said about IT,
All the nations except Grea
Britain. the ambassador declared
wanted 70 maintain submarines
fact. ne said. which should be re-
membered in connection with gen
era1 tendency 20 misjudge Franc.
often during the debate
After the naval committee meet
ing the far eastern committee dis
Cussed briefly the Chinese eastern
railway problems and the resolution
70 prohibit importation Of arms int
China. but reached no decision
was said Tuesday night that the IA
eastern decisions probably woulC
have TO be divided and embodied
into al least two treaties because
Of variety Of subjects treated.
Two drafts OF a report submitted
by experts concerning the Chinesl
eastern railway were presented g,
the committee The Chinese dele
gates. who objected 90 that portion
Of the experts original report deal
fng with an international financis
arrangement for the railroads auJ
the police section. PRESENTED thei
AaA SUTTON AlaI AlIDtlAlE0 AhA lll
Thereupon. the other powers modi
fed their scheme. partially meeting
the views of the Chinese. IT. il
hoped 10 reconcile the two views q
another meeting Of the sub-commit
tee Wednesday
Delegates said Tuesday uight tina
ft was planned 10 hold only one pie
nary session Wednesday moruin,
and then resume committee worl
"Wednesday afternoon. The meetin,
Or the subcommittee ON tn
Chinese eastern was arranged for
O'Clock Wednesday and OF the ful
far eastern committee at 4.G0
In addition 90 submission Of tn
naval and submarine treaties "a
wednesday plenary session, &c 6
possible that some OF the resolution
on far eastern questions NAV ais
be brought forward for formal ap
prevail
BRAKEMAN KILLED.