Evening star., 1924-09-26
LEAGUE MAY SEEK
j. s. ARMS VIEWS
Draft Convention for Control
of World Traffic Is Pro-
vided For.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GENEVA, September 26.-Submis-
sion to the members OF the league
and to the nations outside OF the
League of Nations of draft conFeh- :
tion on the control of international
traffic in arms and ammunition. and
of inquiries as to whether tneS are
prepared to attend conference Oh
this subject in April or May, 1928, is
provided in resolutions adopted TO-DAY
by the disarmament commission OF
the league.
The commission also asked the
leagues temporary mixed commission
to present a report on the character :
istic features of the international
arms traffic, and requested the league
council to consider the advlSabillty
of inviting the United States to send
a representative to collaborate with
the temporary mixed commission in
framing the draft 81 evention.
Probe German Armnments.
Several plans for investigation of
German armaments by the council OF
the league. as authorized under the
Versailles treaty, are now under con-
Sideration by the council. The League s
permanent commission on militia
and naval matters has reported q.
tailed project, one feature OF Whlcl
is that the investigating body may
contain some representatives. OF the
states bordering on Germany. The
committeeman charged with examin-
ing the protocol of arbitration and
security are proceeding with their
work vigorously, being determined TO
submit the draft to the assembly be-
fore the first of next week.
When the council reconvened today
to consider again the elaboration OF
a system of League of Nations in
vestigation of German armaments,
the attention of the delegates was
riveted upon a statement on the sub
ject by Marshal Foch as probably
giving the key to the French atti-
tude.
Opposed BY Foch-
The marshars opinion. which will
appear as an interview with the
French journalist. Henry Ruttin, in
the French monthly. Revue Heb
donadaire, is that it is untenable to
entrust control of German armaments
to the League of Nations until the
allied control authorized by the
treaty of Versailles is satisfactorily
concluded and until a league system
of inquiry has been so carefully
worked out that international sur
NelllanCe or Germany Will De eHeC-
tive and not illusory.
Former Premier BRAND of France.
who sits as a French representative
in the council. is concentrating MS
activities at Geneva on obtaining a
system of league Investigations rigid
enough to allay French fears OF new
German armament increases.
News dispatches reaching here from
Berlin are beginning to create appre-
hension that the conditions Germany
is reported to insist upon prior to ap-
plying for membership to the league,
may prove inadmissible. RepreSen-
tatives of the great powers declare
they are ready to treat with Germany
on a footing of equality. but they
fear that Germany may seek special
privileges which may make her cleo
ton doubtful.
China Wants Sent.
Indications that the Far Eastern
countries. especially China and Japan,
will stand together in insisting upon
all their rights before the league was
furnished by last nights session of
the League of Nations. Japan came
out squarely in favor of granting
China a seat on the council of the
league as a great Asiatic power. thus
giving expression to Japanese-Chi
nese solidarity.
Persia also backed China's insist
ence that the great geographical di-
visions of the world, the principal
races and the chief sources of wealth
should all be recoFnized in the dis
tribution of council seats. 1t would
seem likely that the present number
of permanent seats. which is six.
will be increa sed, So as to include
China and perhaps some other coun-
tries.
Another feature of the session was
an address by Viscount Ishii on the
question of equitable treatment of
foreign nationals in the domain of in
ternational commerce. Viscount Ishii
declared that Japan attached great
importance to this question, holding
it was one of the most important
tasks of the League of Nations to see
to it that mo member OF the league
is subject to any unjust discrimina-
tion in its international activity in
the field of economics"