Evening star., 1925-09-20

particular to the results of the demili-
tarized zone along the American
Canadian frontier.
A resolution offered by DIR. P
Munich, former minister Of defense
of Denmark, asks that q committee
be named to draw up a technical
scheme by which general reduction
OF armaments can be brought about.
This scheme would call for a study
of two plans proposed by the COM
mittee on reduction of armaments of
the union. The first deals almost
entirely with encircling the world
with a succession of demilitarized
frontier zones and calls attention to
the fact that some of the bloodiest
and most costly wars of past history
have been brought about by frontier
encroachment. 1t also points out that
with armed frontiers 1t Is difficult
to apportion the definite blame for
starting a war, since both countries
can accuse each other of violating the
technical line between them, without
an opportunity of proof or disproof.
The committee states that 1t has
studied practically every frontier now
existing in Europe and finds none that
cannot eventually be demilitarized
any nation.
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A demilitarized frontier is defined
technically as a strip of land on both
sides of an international border where
no fortif1cations may be retained or
constructed, no armed force Of any
kind maintained or assembled nor any
military maneuvers executed, and no
mobilization machinery maintained.
Military and naval aircraft, without
regard to nationality, would be for
bidden to fly over the zone. The
zones would be policed entirely by
civil guards, not under any military
control whatever, armed only with
personal weapons essential to their
work, and of a number to be def
nitely agreed upon between the ma
tions.
1t is proposed that the League of
Nations nominate a general COM
mission, having its seat in SwitZer-
land, to consider all questions aris-
ing over demilitariZed zones, and
with authority to appoint subcom-
missions to control these frontier
areas made up of nationals of the
two countries involved in each case
1t would grant the members of the
general commission diplomatic i'm
munity In performing their duties
power to order Investigations upon
regulate the size of any supplement
tary police force any nation needed
in the demilitarized zone to meet an
emergency. The only appeal would
be to the Permanent Court of Inter
national Justice at The Hague.
Wide Study Proposed.
Meeting during a period of wide
spread criticism of the parliamentary
Of n
year, during which at least one OF
these has been definitely overthrown
the union will try to inaugurate a
! world wide study to determine just
what is the matter.
A resolution to this effect will be
introduced by NJ. Horace Michel
member Of the Swiss Parliament. He
will ask that the standing commit
tee on political and organization
questions institute this inquiry and
report back TO the next conference.
Local committees now are being
selected to attend to the entertain
| ment and housing of the delegates
The director Of the conference is
Arthur Deerin Call, secretary of the
American Peace Society. Mr.. Call is
serving under the American grour
of the Interparliamentary Union, OF
| which Senator William B. Mckinley
of Illinois is president. Other off
cials are: Senators Joseph T. Rob
| inson of Arkansas. Claude A. Swan
son Of Virginia and Charles Curtis
of Kansas and Representatives An
drew ]. Montague of Virginia. Henry
W. Temple of Pennsylvania, William
a. Oldfield of Arkansas, Adolph J
SABBATH of Illinois, John j. McSwain
of South Carolina, Fred Britten OF
Illinois, Theodore E. Burton of Ohio
Henry Allen Cooper of Wisconsin