The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-16
BOURGEOIS GIVES
 FRANCES VIEWS ON LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Continued from Page one)

special account should be taken of the geographical situation of and the mode
 of application to each state in the scale
 of armaments. Where the frontiers are more exposed it must be possible to have stronger systems of defense and, possibly also, greater armaments. "This is all right, but there is no doubt that it will put on the shoulders of the nations that happen to be in that difficult position a special burden. It will hamper them in the peaceful com petition that is the life of the world. TWO QUESTIONS
 And here agaln two practical ques- tions must be put. To give all nations necessary security, the principle of the | limitation of armaments must not only be executed, but executed very fast. It | has been said-and no one has said it more forcefully than President Wilson | that modern war has become a war of
 material; that in such war as the one we have just seen, and such as we hope
 never to see in the future, what has tri-
 umphed has been science turned into bar [ barsm.
 Now it is necessary for us to con- 1 trol the war industries all over the world 1 The nations who are the contracting parties of the covenant, p.edge them 1 selves mutually to communicate to each ] otHel Iull dDOut lHelT l aments and about their means of pro-
 duction. This is very good plan, with which l am particularly satisfied | At the same time, propose an amend | ment, which l think I ought to mention. i I thought it would be necessary to in- | stitute a permanent organization for purposes of inspection and this amend ment was not at the moment embodied in the text. We have accepted the text hafnrn mi | tion that amendment.
 | '1t is because, the whole scheme 1 is going to be discussed by the world, 1 it is better that all the points that have given occasion for important ob- servations should be mentioned. 1 Here is a second point. Take a state that violates the international covenant. 1 That state is supposed to be in a state | of war against all the members of the | league, and all are prepared to compel ! lit to execute it's obligations. But war is not something that can proceed at once, especially when the question is how to | bring together forces belonging to states which are very difficult from each oth- 1 CT and may be at the four corners of the world. Each nation will have to wait in | order to act until certain procedure is gone through and until for each par ticular nation a vote has been taken by I its parliament-and so on. This means time and delay.
 | And, supposing that there is on the part of the aggressor will to precipitate
 a situation then we must provide for the possibility For this purpose it would be desirable to have all the means of. re- sistance studied, and concerted action prepared before the occasion arises. This
 would be the best check against any il design.
 AGGRESSOR RESTRAINED
 '1f the would-be aggressor knows that resistance is fully prepared aganis,
 any action such as he contemplated | then he will be restrained Where, or
 the other hand, he knows that no sucf preparation exists and that sudden ac.
 tion on his part would encounter nc
 prepared and well thought out re
 sstance, perhaps he would not be re
 strained, and it would be extremely
 dangerous.
 If you do not wish to see the ter rible ordeal through which the world
 has passed renewed in the future wt
 ought to have a permanent organiza
 tion to prepare the military and maya