Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-09-07
LAND DISARMAMENT
LOSES IN ASSEMBLY
BY PAUL SCOTT MOwRER

Especial Gable to The Atlanta Journal and
Chicago Daily News-Copyright, 1929
GENEVA, Sept. 5.-The League
of Nations special armament reduc
ton commission, which Is just now
concluding it's labors apparently in
tends to report to the assembly that
the time is still not ripe for the
reduction of land ornaments by gem
eral agreement. The reasons why
the time Is not ripe are declared to
be political. What these reasons are
the commission does not specify, but
among the diplomats gathered here
there is no uncertainty respecting
what is meant.
The countries with the largest
land ornaments in Europe are, first,
Russia with 100000 men under
arms, then France with $4,000, and
then Frances allies of the little en-
tente, which have 100000 each. Rus
STA does not belong to the league,
and is still generally regarded as
ton conference between Russia, Po-
land, Rumania and the Baltic States
is expected to be held this fall. But
the outcome is considered dubious.
AS for France and the little entente
nations, none of these has a larger
army than it thinks the situation
demands.
Russia and Germany have formed
a close partnership, and both are
| VIGOROUSLY hostile to the peace set
= h. IL ar
tente have demonstrated that this
settlement, in it's political aspects
at least, shall stand. AT the pres
ept time France and the little en-
tente have a preponoerance of mill
tary force. The nations most in
sistent demanding that this prepop
derance shall be reduced are perhaps
| Great Britain and Italy, both of
which are interested in seeing bal.
ance established between Russia and
France and the little entente on the
other, for such a balance would place
both Great Britain and Italy in the
advantageous position of being eble
| to play one group against the other.
France may have been said %
have fixed the size Of her army with
three ends in view, first, to protect
France, which for the present is not
seriously threatened; second, 70 de-
fend the peace settlement, particu.
larly in Poland, which lies exposed
to a joint attack by Germany and
Russia, and third, to enforce the rep
arations payments to the extent OF
Germany's capacity, and in case
Germany fails to pay to seize Ger
many's properties as security.
I Whenever, therefore, the league
or any one else proposed q produc.
ton Of the French army three ques.
tons are Immediately propounded;
Will you guarantee France against
unprovoked aggression, as France is
willing to guarantee other countries?
VIII you join France is guarantee
ing Europe's new frontiers against
unprovoked aggression? Will you
either help France to collect the Ger
man Preparations or subscribe to an
international loan for rebuilding the
devastated regions? So long as the
replies to these three questions are
in the negative France will feel ut.
terly unable to make any further
reductions, and the little entente
will be of a similar mind.
League statesmen believe that in
time the PREPARATIONS question will be
settled, thus removing one obstacle
to disarmament. Other obstacles
can be removed, it is thought, by
getting all the great nations, no
tably the United States, German
and Russia, nto the league, and MAX
| ing the league itself the instrument
for guaranteeing world peace.