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Show Gen. Harts Defends Control in France WASHINGTON, April 15, Brisa-dier Brisa-dier General Harts, former commandant, command-ant, of American troops in the Paris district, told a house investigating .committee that General Pershing "gave him full responsibility . to cope with conditions arising- from misdemeanors misde-meanors of American officers and enlisted en-listed men. General Havts said he had not sought command of Paris but it was riven him by General Pershing who declared that "officers and men In Paris were behaving in such a way as to give the American army a bad name." "I think T improved conditions and did It wall," tho witness added |