The Raymer enterprise., 1920-12-23
League Of Nations Recommends
Limitation OF Armaments
BY Mutual agreement.
COURT Of JUSTICE ADOPTED
0dlleatery CLAUSE, hewevsr, 10 Omit.
te6-Austrla and Bulgaria Admit
ted 20 Lsaeue-preerses ~
Efforts Ter en- Irish
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~ EDWARD ". picKARp.

land asserts, disarmament ID the real
acid test Of the success Of the League
Of Nations, the league cannot yet be
said to be wholly successful. The As-
sembly at Geneva last week received
the report Of the disarmament com.
mittee. and though It proved to be q
rather nabby production. It was adopt.
I'd. The limitations clause was amend
Cd 10 that It was merely q recon.
mendation that Limitation Of arma.
ments be established for the next two
years through mutual agreement
among the powers. With respect to
this France made the reservation that
she was obliged to restore her arma.
ments that had been worn out by the
war. and Belgium and Spain made
similar reservations. Then seven ma.
lions voted against the limitation
clause. These were France. Greece, Pc.
land. Roumania. Brazil. Chile and
Uruguay.
The committee explained that,
though It was In favor Of the speed
iest possible disarmament, It was
forced to the conclusion that this
could not yet be accomplished. 'There
are countries with the most powerful
armament building facilities outside
the league" said Delegate Fisher,
~and disarmament can begin only
when II Is universal" When the Aus.
trian peace treaty was signed at St.
0ermain. there was also signed q
convention for the control Of the traf.
&c In arms and ammunition, but this
has not been ratified and no steps
have been taken to make II effective.
The committee suggested that the
council urge the signatories to ratify
the treaty at once, though there win
b no authority to control the export
n arms from the United States.
90 far - navy building goes. Sena.
Tor Bosah, one Of the "irreconcila.
bles," has q plan whereby the United
States can Join In it, reduction. He
has introduced In the senate q resolu.
don requesting the President to pro-
poss to Great Britain and Japan an
agreement with the United States for
~ curtailment Of navy building by
the three powers, the program Of each
~ them to be reduced annually dur.
ing the next I've years 30 per cent Of
The present estimates or figures. In
he preamble II Il pointed out that the
japanese government has declared to
Re world that Il could not consent
Svsn 10 consider program Of disarm.
anent on account Of the building pro-
sram Of the United States. by this
statemenk~ the resolution continues,
~the world Il informed and expected
10 beiisve that Japan sincerely desires
to support q program of disarmament,
bat cannot do % in safety to herself
"a account Of the attitude and build.
Ing program Of this government"
An indication Of the possible atti.
tude Of Great Britain In this matter
u found IN the report that the cabinet
has decided that It Is impossible for
the nation longer to maintain the two.
power standard which has been It'd
policy for many years. The British
program 10 halted Just now by 4 d.s.
pute a. to the relative value Of capital
ships, and submarines and airplanes.
The general board Of the American
navy 10 not at present In accord with
any Of the plans for reduction, for It
still urges on congress the need Of
q navy second to none" a. recon.
nended In 1915. Il II convinced that
kattleshlps remain pre-emlnent fac.