New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-17
SEMBAT PREDICTS
End OF COSTLY
WAR ARMAMENT.
French Socialist Minister
Saws Nations Face Bank
ruptcy Otherwise.
SUGGESTS CONTROL
OF ARMS FACTORIES
International Commission Should
Supervise Making of
Munitions.

Paris. June d delayed by censor).-
.rpe ministers Of finance in the bel
,.-.rsrt countries will be the most
..-,aful adj coates OF JhC limitation Of
.-.,.rerts after the war" asserted
,,.-ceI Sembat. Socialist leader and
r..,cb Minister Of Public Works. in
...,snent 10 a representative Of The
Associated Press to-day
DTbev will speak not only in the
re If the superior ideal of social
..,;asv;-v. they will speak in the name
= tho budget and of public credit
AN Sembat. III we leave aside the
nh;losophical considerations that might
i..,;,s Us 10 desire a limitation OF
.-canerts. il seems 30 me that during
,be war and after it financial conSid'
.,stions alone will suffice.
81 have come from an interesting
..ss;oD Of the Chamber, consecrated
% discussion Of war appropriations.
Tvo 6,scourses. completing the admir-
,,,o renort Of VI. Metin albert Metin.
ss,ersl budget reporter Of the Cham
her Of peputies) for the appronria-
,,ors committee. emphasized the eX-
tent Of the sacrifices that the war has
aYor know that " Metin calculated
the war was costing France ""'ooo
francs 100000 a minute. Inc eN-
nerditures Of the English are not less
tban ours. while the Russians and ltal-
;ars are feeling a heavy burden on
their shoulders On their side, our ad-
ver,arie.. the Germans and the Aus
TRANS. are crushed by financial needs.
You have noticed recently the failure
Of the Austrian Loan.
Armaments vs.. Social Reform.
"If the war proves to he long, which
IS not an improbable conjecture the
PRESIDENT Of the Cabinet and the MIN
ister Of Finance to-day took occasion
10 saw so and prepare the pubic mnd
for II -endeavor 20 form an idea OF
what will be the STATE Of the puDAc
finances Of the belligerent countries at
the conclusion OF peace. We must eN.
rcc, that the public debt OF eacn OF
those countries viii be augmented Dy
q considerable number Of billions.
81 ask then Of any one capable OF
,erlouslv examining a financial Sltua-
ton. how II will be possible TO pay the
debts contracted. or the interest on
the loans. and al the same time keep
I'D as costly armies and Meets as IN
the past without renOuncing eXpendl-
lures for social reforms which impose
themselves to-day upon all civilized
reop.e.
The carnage. Of which we are wit
resses. may reasonably be expected 10
oDcn the eyes Of the people to their
zeal interests. But considering only
the practical side Of the question,
whether IL will be easier after the war
than before TO limit ornaments, It
seems 20 me 1t will.
Commission TO Control Arms.
This war has demonstrated above
all the supremely important role Of
cannon, rifles, shells and explosives.
In the United States, you know II bet
ter than any one. You know also that
rifles and cannon cannot be lmprovlsed
Oyern.eht months are necessary.
Formerly 70 partisans Of the limita
tion Of ornaments was cited the abil-
ity Of Prussia 20 get around the pre-
scription Of that sort imposed by Ma
poleon ], but since II is demonstrated
to-day that troops, however numerous.
can Go nothing without powerful artil-
lery, We may ind a practical means of
control IN the supervision Of all manu-
factories Of arms and cannon by an
International commission Instituted by
the eventual treaty Of peace. That
commission should include representa-
tlyes Of each European power. and
should be presided over b. repre-
sentative Of some neutral state, such
ss Switzerland"