The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-22

the surest factors of the worlds peace.
that she has no reason whatsoever
of conflict with any other country,
that she is following and putting
constantly into action a policy in
spired by the principle of maintain
ing peace among all nations.
ITALY has succeeded in coming to
a direct understanding with the Serb,
Croat and Slovene people and in or
der to attain such an end had made
considerable sacrifices for the in
terest of the peace of Europe. Italy
has pursued toward the successor
countries to her former enemies a
policy not only of qualification but of
assistance. And when a conflict
arose between Austria and Hungary,
conflict which might have dragged
into war the Danubian peoples, has
offered to the two countries in con-
fIict her friendly help in order to
settle the dispute. Italy has sue
ceeded and in so doing has actively
contributed to the peace of Europe
Plan Further Reduction.
Moreover, Italy has acted similarly
within her own frontiers and has re-
duced her armed forces in the largest
possible measure. She has consider
ably curtailed her navy expenditures
in comparison to pre-war time. The
total amount of her armed forces does
not exceed 100000 men and further
reduction to 175,000 men is already
planned and $4,000 colored troops.
our ordinary war budget for the
present financial year amounts to
$4,000, 900, including $11.000,00O ex-
penses for police forces; the extraor-
binary part of the war budget repre-
sentinp expenses dependent for the
liquidation of the war, expenses
therefore of a purely transitory char
acter amounts to s62,000,000.
However, although we have all re-
duced our ornaments to the greatest
possible extent we consider 1t neces-
sary for a complete solution of the
problem of the Limitation of arma-
ments in Europe to take into consid-
Grafton the ornaments of the coun-
tries either created or transformed
as result of the war. The problem
is not simple one. 1t must be con-
sidered as a whole. 1t is a serious
and urgent problem for which a solu-
tion at no far distant day Is neces-
sary.
Gentlemen, 1 trust 1 have said all
that is necessary to explain the
Italian point of view. The United
States. in calling this conference,
have takenla great and noble initia-
tive with the aim of creating sound
guarantees for the safeguarding of
the peace of the world.
I'm conclusion, may l express the
desire and the hope that the confer
ence, while taking into account the
present difficulties should give atten-
ton also to the problem of limitation
of land ornaments, the solution of
promoting throughout the world that
atmosphere of peace which NJ. BRAND
has SO clearly explained and without
which it would be hopeless to antici-
pate that the economic and social re-
construction of the nations which
have suffered most severely during
and after the war may be fulfilled"
JAPAN QUITE READY
TO APPROVE PRINCIPLES
Baron Kato spoke as follows:
at is needless for me to assure NJ
BRAND that Japan has nothing but
most profound sympathy for her
peculiarly difficult position which
has been SO clearly and so eioquently
presented to US this morning. May
venture also to add Japan,s appre-
citation of and sympathies for the
great sacrifices in wealth made by
| dHSc, lhC ID itiSh CiiPil z, Italy anu
the United States in the great war
for the cause of peace. justice and
harmony.
| IT would like to say this morning
| just few words on land armament
| limitation. Japan is quite ready to
announce her hearty approval of the
| principle which aims to relieve a peo-
pie of heavy burdens by limiting land
ornaments to those which are neces-
sary for national security and the
maintenance of order within the ter
| ritory.
"The size of the land ornaments of