The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-11
OISARmINC
OF NATIONS
ADVOCATED
Committee of League Of
Nations Favors Three
Stages in Process.

washington, Dec. ia reSolu-
ton requesting President Wilson to
appoint an American representative
to meet with the League of Nations
commission, considering disarma-
ment. was presented and advocated
in the senate today by Senator
Walsh, Democrat, Montana.
Geneva, Dec. 11-(By the Asso-
ciated Press. Japan can not re-
duce her ornaments as long as the
United States is increasing hers,
Niscount kikujiro Ishii, of the Jap
anese delegation declared at a
meeting of the armaments COM
mittee this afternoon when the
question of disarmament was un-
der discussion
Geneva, Dec. l1.-(Associated
Press ssl.-Disarmament in three
stages, is the subs .ance OF the rec
OmmendatiOn the committee on
ornaments Of the League of Ma
tons assembly will make to the as
sembly as the result OF its delibera-
tions.
The first stage would be marked
by an agreement among the pow
ers to make no further increases in
ornaments.
The second stage of the recon-
mended procedure is gradual re-
ductiOn in armamentS.
The third stage would be that of
general complete disarmament, ex-
cept insofar as arms were needed
for police purposes.
M. Doret, delegate from Haiti,
succeeded in securing the adoption
by the committee this morning of
an amendment providing that the
council of the league inaugurate a
propaganda campaign for 'disarm-
lament ,llinds," as~he put it, mean
ting the preparation OF the younger
generation for the new order OF
things by proper education in the
schools.
| Geneva, Dec. II. ASSOCIATED
PressD-Conditional acceptance by
Holland of the invitation Of the
League of Nations to contribute a
portion of the military force to be
sent by the league to the Wilma dis
itrict for the plebiscite there was
7 announced today. Acceptance is
subject to passage of suitable leg,
islation by the Dutch parliament.
| Poland has sent a note to the
council of the league requesting
the fortress and fortified zone o1
Grodno be excluded from the Wilma
plebiscite area.
! Committees of the assembly ol
the League of Nations were called
into session this morning, and the
meeting of the assembly was de-
ferred until o'clock today. 1
was anticipated that when the as
isembly met. decision would bt
reached as to the manner o
choosing the four elective members
of the council OF the league.
Il 1t has been decided by the com
mission on technical organizations
to send the United States a specia
invitation to name member OF th'
international advisory COMMITTEES
which will study the question o
the opium traffic The commission
will also carry out provisions re
lating to the opium traffic whicl
were embodied in the Versatile
treaty.
Find Solution.
Members of the internationa
: court committee have found wha
, they hope to be a solution of tn
, jurisdiction problem that will sat
isfy those who have objected t
this feature of the proposed inter
national court. They have inserte
a clause into the proposed plal
which would provide that stat
), which is desirous of an arrange
ment by which en- offended natio
may cite an offender before tn
tribunal, may signify its accep,
> ance of the provision for obligator
jurisdiction. The clause woul
further stipuiate that this obliga
tory jurisdiction would become re
tciprocally binding upon all thos
nations which would signify thei
acceptance.
This is far from meeting the orig
inal demands Of some states, bt
hope is expressed that the exampl
furnished by the first nations to &C
~ cept the clause will be mora
force strong enough to oblige ott
ers tC follow a similar course.
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