Paris Sees France May Seek Naval Increase Amid Conference
Paris dispatches report France may push to raise naval personnel and seek a larger fleet. Washington discussions focus on the 6-5-3 ratio for Britain the United States and Japan as a precedent for European naval limits. France Italy and Japan are examined for possible shifts in strength and how they fit Secretary Hughes proposed plan.
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Far East Treaty Talks Press China Participation
The armament conference Far East committee met December 8 at the Pan American building. Mr Koo argued for China’s prior notice on any treaty affecting Chinese interests, warning that past agreements without Chinese input limited China and opened regions to foreign enterprise.
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Poison gas policy debate trims to China open door
Debates on chemical warfare and Chinese sovereignty unfold at the arms conference. Generals and diplomats clash over gas restraint and the Root resolution guiding open door and equal opportunity policies among nine powers.
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Chinese parade in protest against secret diplomacy
San Francisco hosts a large Chinese student march opposing direct negotiation of the Shantung issue by China and Japan and the Washington conference. Protesters carry banners denouncing secret diplomacy as a threat to world peace. The rally marks a rare U S protest against the conference findings. The Canton government under Sun Yat Sen signs support.
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Gazooks and Lady Secrets Stir Arms Conference Talk
A Washington publicity official explains how arms conference progress leaks abroad. Delegates defer to home governments, while foreign officials charm reporters and publish hints after casual dinners. Leading articles follow, keeping details ahead of official word.
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Gas warfare policy and postwar advances discussed
Secretary Weeks annual report weighs keeping gas as a defensive policy while noting no change in not using it offensively unless provoked. Postwar advances suggest gases more deadly than wartime varieties, with naval protection studies showing progress. Advisory committee’s fate and conference role remain unsettled, possibly onward study after adjournment.
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Chemists defend use of poison gas in war
Baltimore December 8 The American Institute of Chemical Engineers adopted resolutions urging continuation of chemical warfare capabilities and large scale poison gas production for wartime The group also backed a dye import embargo Dr Haymond F Bacon Mellon Institute called the gas campaign inevitable and argued gases are more humane than earlier methods and that war may still be fought efficiently and humanely.
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Senate Adopts King Resolution on Alleged Dye Lobby
The Senate approved without a record vote a King resolution directing a congressional inquiry into alleged dye and chemical lobby activities. Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jersey charged Germany financed a movement influencing Congress and urged embargoes on dye imports to curb made in Germany goods.
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French War Budget of 1914 Urged in Plea to Deputies
Paris December Andrew Lefevre former minister of war urged the chamber of deputies to vote the full war budget for 1914 as Germany is ready to mobilize seven million men in three weeks. He said France needs an army of 900000 with half along the Rhine and warned Germany would strike from behind the Black Forest with rifles and airplanes ready for an offensive within two months.
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