Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-16
BY GEORGES THOMAS

wASHINGToN-The subject of
limitation Of ornaments raises the
question:
How are the disarmaments - be
carried out?
Frances position demands that
she have an army greater than Ger
many. Will Great Britain allow her
ancient enemy that prestige or will
h demand an army of equal
strength?
Italy has almost as large a stand
ing army as the United States,
while Japan has q number equal
to that of France and England COM
bined.
In attempting to carry out and
enforce the articles providing for
the Limitation of the electives o.
the Germany army as provided in
the Versailles treaty, the Inter-al-
lied Commission of Control has met
with 80 many difficulties that not
withstanding the difference of cir
c~umstances, a doubt arises as to
whether any disarmament program
will meet with smooth sailing.
Just as the whole question of
peace with Germany centers on the
question of her disarmament, so
does the question of the worlds
peace center on the Limitation of
armament of ell the nations and
with this arises the problem, what
is to be done with the surplus war
materials in Ease of a general dis
armament being carried out?
Plan i'm Germany
In the case of Germany the Trea-
ty of Versailles provides for the de-
tails of the composition of the Ger
man army in its various parts. for
instance, stocks of munition, num-
Der and caliber of guns, manufac-
ture of munitions of war materials,
the importation into Germany of
wal materials or. arms, the manner
of recruiting and military training,
period of enlistment of military Of
ficers, non-commissioned officers
and privates, number of military
schools, Notifications and number of
ships to be retained as well as the
number of airplanes .
Other than these all ornaments,
factories. military schools shall be
destroyed.
In order to guarantee the de-
struction of war material and the
closing down of all factories which
were used in the manufacture of
war material the treaty established
the Inter-Allied Commissions of
Control, whose duty 1t is to super
wise this destruction.
This met with the most deter
mined resistance from the peoples
of the enemy countries. showing it
In H. ~1ary unbelievable nnfc
such as occurred at a ball in Berlin,
when a French officer, believing
that all was peace beneath his
hosts rooftree, invited q German
lady to dance. Her reply was a re-
sounding smack in the face of tie
amazed officer.
Naval Procedure
The Naval Inter-Allied Commits
sion of Control was delegated to SUI
p~ervise the breaking up of battle
ships in the course of construction
and take delivery of all surface
ships, submarines, salvage ships,
tubular docks and supervise the de-
truction thereof.
The Aeronautical Commission of
Control was delegated to make in
ventory of aeronautical material
existing In Germany, to inspect ae-
roplane, balloon and motor manu-
factories, and factories producing
arms. munitions and explosives ca
pable of being used by aircraft
to visit all a~erodromes, sheds, ham
gars, etc, and authorize, where nee
essary IAN inventory of material
and take delivery of such.
10000 Plants Hit
The factories formerly used ex-
clusively for the making of arma-
ments in Germany are estimated at
$4,000.
These are being converted under
the direction of the Inter-Alled
commission into factories for COM
mercial purposes.