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tic, of promoting universal, equal and
successive disarmament. the estahilsh-
mert of obligatory courts of arbitration
freedom of the seas and the protection
of small nations.
Regarding the first point. on Febru-
airy "a | described the idea of restrlc-
ton of nan as Thoroughly ans
cussable. adding that the financial posi-
| ton of all the European states AFTER inc
war would give the most efectiNe sup
port to a solution of this question.
Regarding the question of a"rbitration'
my standpoint has long been history.
| will not go into details. but interest,"
ing material which I have beforc me
shows that in the past repeat
eddy suggested arbitration of dispute
questions, the carrying out of which IN
several cases, however, was prevented
by opposition raised in Great Britain or
America. IF an international underS'and-
ing could be reached that disputed ducF-
lions Of law between various states must
always he submitted to arbitration
courts, and If this were made obligatory
for members of n league OF nations II
would undoubtedly be an important ster
toward the attainment Of IN" general
aim. More precise prescriptions. esre-
! Ctaliy regarding requisite guarantees 1nr
the recognition of NerdiCts ma"" 'H
arbitration. need careful and thorough
consideration.
Regarding Freedom Of seas
II have expressed myself hefor" ms
on the question Of freedom Of the seas
which form n necessary Prerequisites i0r
tn" Unrestricted intercourse Of states
aud peoples. Here. however, the great
Z cs. difficulties. naturally. ar No raised
a on our side. ON n former occasion !
pointed out that here must he Tn
h'rdered access for all nations 10 the
/ inland seas, no predominant POSITION OF
4 Great Britain at iibral'lr ana Malta
and in the Sucz Canal. An Eng
fish newspaper has called TN" lilpu
: dorCr.
FINALLY. there is a protection of small
nations. Here We can forthwith and
Without reserve state that in his mat
ter vC have an entirely clear COnS"irnce.
NAV, therefore. n i"ig'" of naii"nS be
! no mere dream of the future. May the
idea deepen and ma; the r"opl" IN an
I countries ZCalouslT concern themselves
With the means to- its es'tl iiS1ilen'.
The first and most important preeduislte
W.lI be an enc gu Will. 10 'iI"''L'OH
] ptn'c and Justice.
Here will close my remarks. the
Foreign Secretary will deal with the
political situation in more detail and
discuss especially in that conh"rt'or the
~well-knOwn Austrian note an1 the ie-
c.plion it has met with up to th's Time
on the part Of the %n"ihr.
Those in power in tn" so-"a'l"d demo-
cratic States have with pr"ripithIr" ana
without consulting their peoples rXhib-
, tied a Curt attitude of rejection. by
so doing they once again show where
the passion for conquest. Wt"l" mn
p~cr.alism and militarism are in reality
to be sought
Won Hintze Speaks
Admiral Won HintZe. the German For
eign Secretary. also addressed the main
committee. He said that Germany main
tanned her readiness for peace. not
withStanding repeated rejectionS OF
peace offers from the Central Powers.
Speaking on the recent Austrian peace
proposal, Admiral Won Hintze said that
the Governments attitude toward peace
had been manifested to the whole world
in repeated appeals.
w maintain this appeal for peace,
our readiness for peace" he continued,