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BRAND TOTAkE UP
LANDFORCE TODAY
Conference viii Shift From
Naval to Army Affairs.
FRANK SPEECH EXPECTED
Premier to Give Reasons Why France
Must keep Biggest Force in the
World

Washington. Nov 21.-World atten-
| Lon will shift from naval to land
ornaments when Premier BRAND, of
France, speaks today before the arms
| conference.
His address, provided for at the last
DIenary session of the conference, is
| expected to be a very frank state
ment of the reasons impelling France
I 10 maintain the largest army in the
world.
The subject to he covered by the
premier's statement is probably the
point of most immediate Importance
| to France in the entire conference.
In informed circles it is expected the
| address will be a defense of the
French military policy which the
French authorities hope will ahSolve
| that country before the world from
| any suspicion of aggressive designs
| on the continent.
In expressing general adherence Of
France to the American plan for ma
| val reductions, NJ BRAND said to the
conference:
"Whpn ii comes IN the agenda. as
it inevitably will come, TO the ques-
| ton of land armament. a question
| particularly delicate for France as
! YOU are all aware, we have no inten-
| tiur to eschew this question. We
shall answer your appeal, fully con-
, ScouS this is a question of grave
and serious nature for us. The queS-
| zion will be raised-it has been rails
| ed-and if there is a country that
| desires. that demands, that the ques-
| ton of land arma.AentS should be
raised. it is France.
| Il hope l shall be able to state pub
licly what the position of France is,
so that the United States and the
world may fully knew. And when
| have tried to prove this, when you
have listened to this demonstration,
| I am quite sure yOu will be cOnvlnc-
ed France. after the necessities OF
safety and life have been adequately
secured, harhorS no thought whatever
of disturbing the peace of the world"
| Beyond this forecast of Premier
Brands intended u:>"rance, there has
been nothing to Indicate the land ar
mament question IL 70 be taken up
definitely for Settlement in Washing
ton. So far as can be learned, no
power represented e. the conference
has prepared any pmn for limitation
of reduction of lan@ forces.
All delegations are armed with vol
umes of statistics 7ealing with ar
mics among other armament divisions,
but neither the United States nor
Great Britain has auv direct or imme
diate interest in The subject, both
having already cut their armies to the
bone. 1t appears wholly likely, II any
proposal such as tie American naval
plan is to be subIjtted for armies.
it will come from GRANGE or one of
the powers posseS:ing great army
strength. AS yet there has been no
sign of such a plan.
Much interest has attached to Pre-
mier Brands coming statement be-
cause of what reference, yelled or
otherwise, he nigh. make to the we'll
known French desi?: that Great Brit
ain and the Units: States join in
some form of assurances of support
tor rance SnOulu Slle De asdll at
tackled.
In view Of the neral attitude in
Washington on that suggestion. how
ever. il is regarded IS unlikely that
Premier Briand viii make even Il d.
rcci reference to it. 1t was thought
far more probable that he would seek
10 give the conference a picture OF
the present situation Of France as
vfsualiZed by her government