New Britain herald., 1924-09-02
Prepared To Insist That Disarmament Conferences Be Held Through League Of Nations Only Sec ond Session Is On.
By The Associated Press.

tions of Europe. especially the mem bers Of the little entente, manifested today their determination to achieve some international fact which they consider will safeguard their secur- ity when they selected Foreign Min ister Duca, of Rumania, to preside over the important deliberations of the third assembly commission which is to probe the entire prob- lem of disarmament and security.
 There seems here to be distinct movement, under the apparent lead ership of France, to insist that all international deliberations for the limitations of armaments shall be held through the mechanism of the League of Nations. If this move ment develops, it may side track, it is thought, the American govern nlent's reported intention to convoke a new disarmament conference, un- .ess 1t be definitely linked with the league. @
 For the moment, at least, the movement is entirely confined to the lobby discussions of the delegates. It affirms the belief that the attempt 10 make the limitation of armaments wholly dependent on the establish ment of clean-cut pact of secur- ity is gathering force.
 Thursday and Friday have been definitely set apart for the assembly debate on disarmament and secur- ity, with Prime Minister MacDon- aid of Great Britain and Premier Herriot of France the chief speak CTS
 Greece came out strongly today for the Armenians when she intro iuced resolution providing for the transfer of the Armenian refugees to he Ca&asus and the creation there of an Armenian national home.
 Six Commissions Announced.
 President Motta opened the sec nd day of the Leaue of Nations as ismbly atsfhe stroke Of noon by 1nnouncing the formation of the six commissions Of the assembly. These -,re;
 On legal and constitutional ques- ions; technical organization: re- auction of arinanaents; budgetary and financial questions; social and general questions; political ques- lions.
 The election of the six vice -presi- tents of the assembly resulted in the lhoice of:
 Leon Bourgeois, France: Lord Parmoor, England; ex-Premier sa- andra, of Italy; Count skrzynsky foreign minister of Poland; Wran- cisco J. Urrutia, Colombian minister to Switzerland; Tang Tsai Fou, Chi. nese minister to Switzerland.
 The election of M. Duca, one ol the leaders of the little entente, wal interpreted in the assembly as strengthening the forces behind France in support of the pact of mu. tual assistance. Poland, Czechoslo' vakia and Rumania have insisted that the present pact should be made stronger so as to afford more effec. tive and prompter military assistance to the smaller countries. Rumania particularly, insists upon fortifyins the military assistance feature.
 Discourage Disarmament Meetings
 The spokesman for one European delegation, expressing what ht termed his personal views on dis armament congresses, said that iso lated conferences similar to tha held at Washington seemed out O. place while a permanent institution like the league existed, with expertl devoting years of study to the tech n!que and difficulties of reducing armaments. Furthermore, he added it was this study, made from an in ternational standpoint, which wal best.
 The impression prevails here tha those powers which feel most keenl! about the question of security wil be slow to participate in any neV conference affecting land and maya  armaments until some solution o the problem of security is found These powers believe that militar! force and exist somewhere in tn, background, even when the secret O the security problem has been dis covered, and. it is said, they will no be satisfied with extension of tn, principle of arbitration as a remedy
 A committee representing th, Syrian Palestine congress today cir culated manifesto protestinl against what was termed the i'm perialist regime" imposed upoi Syria under the cloak of 8 mandate and the "slicing up" of the countr. by the powers, thus destroying th national unity. The manifesto de msnded that the league assembl! send an impartial commission t Syria to conduct an investigation. l also insisted upon the recognition o the indeperdence of Syria