Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-11
Japan. UNWILLING
TO CUT ARMAMENT
UNLESSU. S. ACTS
Delegate to League An
nounces Stand at Commit
tee Meeting.
THREE STAGES IN PLAN
TO REDUCE ARMED FORCE
Third Part Would Be General
Complete Disarming Except
for Policing Purposes.

BY the Associated Press.
GENEVA, December 1i.--Japan can
not reduce her ornaments as long as
the United States is increasing hers,
viscount Kikujiro Ishii of the japanese
delegation declared at a meeting of
the ornaments committee of the league
Of nations this afternoon when the
question Of disarmament. was under
discussion.
Disarmament in three stages is the
substance of the recommendation the
committee will make to the assembly
as the,result of its deliberations. The
first stage would be marked by an
agreement among the powers to make
60 further increases in armaments.
The second stage Of the recommend
ed procedure is a gradual reduction in
ornaments.
The third stage would be that of gen.
ersal complete disarmament, except in
sofar as arms were needed for police
purposes.
Haitian Delegate Scores.
II. Doret. delegate from Haiti. sue
ceeded in securing the adoption by the
ment providing that the council of the
league tnaugurate a propaganda cam
paign for disarmament minds" as he
put 1t, meaning the preparation OF the
younger generation for the new order
Of things by proper education In the
schools.
Committees Of the assembly of the
league of nations were called into
session this morning and the meeting
Of the assembly was deferred until
4 o'clock today. It was anticipated
that when the assembly met, decision
yNraI1 1A sAoa 1na4 e. hA
Of choosing the four elective MEM
bers Of the council of the league.
1t has been decided by the commits
sion on technical organizations to
send the United States special in
internaaiona, % "a name aavisory pe0.s sornmittse IN sae
which viii study the question Of the
opium traffic. The commfssion will
also carry out provisions relating to
De opium trafiic which, vera. em-
bodied IN the aRlss. .tssAky.s s
Here Ter selutisa.
Memhets eE Efhe-intefnattonal court
g s5lSsos s sPgaa e As ~ sSDs
problem that viii satisfy those who
have objected to this feature of the
proposed international court They
have inserted clause in the proposed
plan which would provide that q
may cite an offender before the
tribunal may signify its acceptance
of the provision for obligatory juris-
diction. The clause would further
.stipulate that this obligatory juris-
diction would become reciprocally
binding upon all those nations which
signify their acceptance.
This is far from meeting the origi-
nal demands of some states, but hope
is expressed that the example fur
nished by the first nations to accept
the clause will be moral force strong
enough to ohlige others to follow a SINH
lar course.
Holland Acts On wilma.
1 Conditional acceptance by Holland
Of the invitation of the league Of ma
tions to contribute portion. of the
military to be sent by the league to
the Wilma district for the plebiscite
there was announced today. The sac-
ceptance Is subject to the passage of
suitable legislation by the Dutch par
lament.
Poland has sent a note to the coun-
ell Of the league requesting that the
fortress and fortified zone OF Grodno
be excluded from the Wilma plebiscite
area
Demetre Panas, former Greek
minister Of foreign affairs under
King Constantine, arrived in Geneva
today to become the chief delegate OF
Greece to the assembly of the league
of nations. NJ. Panas replaces NJ
Caclamanos, who was appointed under
the VenizeloS regime