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manent settlement. ~ supported
BY the Americans. and the imms.
diate nocessities. interests and
fears Of the other allied nations.
In any future discussion Of lfmita-
ton Of Armaments exactly the
same division 10 sure to appear
and It will require c1earness Of
view and obstinacy OF courage to
among the confusion
and dust OF immediate and minor
interests, any vision whatsoever Of
tho general and permanent good Of
the world.
Wilson Keeps Up tho Fight.
President Wilson saw tho prob
lem At Paris with penetrating
clearness. He saw that tho needs
and fears Of the Allies, ~ ex-
hibited in this problem OF limita-
ton OF armaments. II often exag-
gerated. had a real basis. Indeed,
he was himself strongly for tho
disarmament Of Germany. for he
wished to release at the earliest
possible moment the great Amer
lean army still In France. But hs
never lost sight for a moment OF
his greater plan: his vision OF
permanent peace upon q new basis
OF Justice and international CO.
operation The moro fnsistent the
demands for tho consideration Of
Immediate interests upon the part
OF the other leaders, tho more de-
termined his stand for a corres
spending recognition OF permanens
principles. SO II was that on Jan.
rs, at the second plenary session
OF the Peace Conference, he sc.
cured the adoption Of the resolu-
tion-in some ways the most fate-
full action OF the entire Confer
ence, for everything else hung
upon it-making the Covenant OF
the League OF Nations an "intel
grail part OF the general treaty Of
pence"
II tho Peace Conference, as Il
was plain enough from the dis
cussion OF Jan. %. were TO insist
upon the immediate disarmament
OF Germany. as provided in Clause
] OF the resolutions, then he pro1
posed to insist upon the equal inn
portance in the treaty OF Clause
the program for general dis
armament as set forth in tbs
League. He drove his argument
home four days later, on Jan. %.
IN commenting on statement
made by M. Dmowski, the chief
delegate of Poland, before the
Council Of Ten. NJ Dmowski had
appeared with an eloquent and
lengthy appeal which ran counter
to the whole principle Of disarma-
ment. He not only had no thought
Of limiting Polish ornaments, but
he argued that Poland was In a
position OF great danger between
Germany and Russia and that it
needed more armament, more
military force. rather than less !
Ineed. this was the insistent del
mand OF the smaller nations
throughout the Conference.
President Wilson thus put the
logic OF his position-which COM
tanned. as before, the two mutually
dependent proposals = disarma1
ment to the point OF domestic
safety or. as he here expresses
1t, police purposes" and the
League Of Nations to guarantee eI-
ternal safety. II there was to be
the one. there must be the other.
The following is from the secret
minutes, Council of Ten.
WILSON-M. Dmowski has
said that Poland must be a bsr-
: rier between Russia and Ger
!, many. Did that mean a barrier
> based on armaments? Obviously
/. not. because Germany would be
disarmed, and If Germany was
{ disarmed Poland could not be
allowed TO arm. except for police
purposes. To carry out such
disarmament the necessary in
strumentality for superinsend-
ence would have to be set up.
That was the gist of the ques-
!. ton. Therefore. he would urge
!. his colleagues to press on the
: drafting OF the League OF Ma
y tions in a definite form.
), From this time forward we nnd
y the problem of limitation of arma-
8 ments proceeding IN two broad
!. Q u g h often commingling
9 streams through the conference,
y each inevitably modifying and IN
II fluencing the other. The imme
u diate problem OF dlsarming Ger
], many. arranging military, nava
~, 4 ,f f~ l.
a Gliding the disposition OF German
d war ships and cables, were al
fought out, close up. first In tn,
Is military and navel commission
u and then in the Council OF Ten an,
II the Council OF Four. while tn.
1t broader and more general problem
s. was discussed with no less vigo
< In the most important commissio,
a. of the Conference, that on the or
E. ganization OF the League Of Ma
TO tions. Of which President Wilson
pit was Chairman.
10 Two great problems at one
9, arose. both Of which are vital I.
IL any discussion, present or future
e OF the limitation OF armamen,
30 One had to do with the funda
d. mental question OF standard 0
~ armament. Was 1t to be ''domes
70 tic safety" or some other stand
~ ard? The other was question o
q method--but vital one-that 0
Al compulsory military service. 4
OF this latter question direct issu
5y was joined between the American
s. and British, with their program o
80 complete abolition OF compulsor
u seryice---and the French an
le Italians defending that tnststut,or