The Washington herald., 1921-09-13
PREDICTS UNION
DF LEAGUE WITH
#U. S. MOVEMENT
Leon Bourgeois Expresses
Opinion Shared by
- Leaders Here.

Econ Bourgeois. of France, dur
iR< debate in the league of nations
assembly at Geneva on the subject
ofsdisarmament. voiced an opinion
wbich has bee nrefected for some
tine by administration leaders
here relative to a future associa-
81 am personally convinced, -
Ho1rgeois Is quoted in cables as
Sitting yesterday. that the parallel
eIOrts of the league and the
traited States will result in an
agreement aud a union between
10Th of u.s."
such a union. of course. could not
aIifl will not be immediate. because
the present administration will
have none of the league as it is at
present constituted.
. predics Oen Association.
Rather. what is / nthe admins
ttatiO nmind might be reflected in
tbe private observation of oen of
It's advisors, who told the writer:
eiTime solves many problems
The armament limitation cnfcrence
coupled with settlements of Far
Eastern questions. must necessarily
hPinE understanding, cooperation
and a unity of purpose and action
slnong the nations involved. The
Ieague of nations will find itself
rNRnig parallel to this new move
ment in many of its undertakings.
Il will fnd itself also running
counter to us principally in that it
is dominated by a super-organiza-
ton to which the United States
will never subscribe. 1t will then
slowly but surely revise its organ
izaion and within two years. L be-
Iieve. we will all be one great as
sociation."
IT. Hughes FaSOrs Treaties.
During the meetings of the best
minds" last fall in Marion il was
authoritatively stated that Hard
ing believed such an association
oL nations as he had in mind, to
which the United States should
subscribe. could be arranged
through a series of interlocking
treaties. Out Of the forthcomiUG 6
armament and Far Eastern confer
enCe such a series of treaties-or
oen great Covenant-are certain to
come if practicable results are ac-
eomplished.
Secretary Hughes has made II
clear upO ma number of occasions
that this government believed
there was but oen way to make in
ternational agreements and that
was by treaty Agreements, there
fore. on armament limitation, must
necessarily be in such form. Inter
locking treaties of such a nature,
binding the signatOry powers.
would create at the outset a virtual
association Of nations.
Expects Other Nations to Join.
The league Of nations covenant,
to which all of those nations to
participate in the armament con-
ference here have subscribed. pro-
vides that treaties between league
members shall be submitted to the
League for approval. Bourgeois al
ready has announced in the league
assembly that there will be no con-
hict between the league and the
Washington conference on the
armament question. This might
well anticipate favorable league
attitude toward the armament
treaties when and if signed here.
There would then follow the de-
sire of other nations to get itno the
armament limitation movement.
SpDRFSmen OF MS government al
ready have openly expressed hope
that this movement would start as
soon as the major powers had
Agreed among themselves. This
ttogId naturally develop further
fnterlOCkinE treaties on the arma-
ment subject. with every prospect
Of their eventually including all the
nations of the world.
Thus authorities here see the
forthcoming armament conference
pointing the way to a new associa-
tiOn of antions. the more likely,
they say. because i many interna-
tional agreement on armaments. it
would be necessary to establish
some maChiPnry for handling re-
ports; and it naturally would have
to be accompanied byN some inter
national tribunal. such as The
Hague. or the leagues international
court. to settle justiciable questions
in order to diminish the need of in
creased armament by any nation.