Evening star., 1925-09-07
bSARMAMENTCA CALL.
URGED BY PA|NLEVE
French Premier Advises
Geneva to Act When Sc
,curity Pact Is Signed.
Ev The Assooiaied Press

Er- the Associated Press
GENEVA, September The convo-
cation Of an interna tionaI conference
for reduction ot ornaments when the
council of the League Of Nations
deems that 4 satisfactory CONDITION
has been estz hlshed from the point
of view of security. was recommended
today by Premier Painleve of France
at. the opening Of the meeting of
lea que assembly.
He insisted that no project for CO
operation in the maintena nee Of peace
Would he effective unless ha sed on the
League of Nations
osThe flags of the fifty-odd nations
participating in the assembly. the
sixth gathering. hedecked the build
iigs Of Geneva
Mrs. Wilson At Session.
It is generally conceded that Sena-
tor Da andurand. Canada's bilineuai
! orator. will he elected the assemblys
permanent president. This North
American touch 10 the proceeding was
heightened by the presence OF Mrs
" oodrow Wilson at the opening ses-
sion. Mrs. Wilson already has been
the object of sympa thetic tributes 10
herself and the late President Wilson
in the Geneva newspa pers.
a. His widow" says Journal de
f1eneve. can today contemplate the
lea que of Nations and receive the
homage of millions of men"
Feminist participation in the
leagues activities rs empha sized by
the presence of the Duchess of Atholl
As member of the British delega fion.
4 NJ. Painleve in his address spoke
lengthily Of the United States.
/, "on the other side ~ the Alta ntic. ="
he said. there is 4 great democracy
which stood at the cradle Of the
league hut which has not accepted
~ ny official participa tion in H. II de
sires To serve the cause Of peace in
Its own way. But the ideal by which
The fatherland of Washington and
Lincoln is actuated is so human and
approa ches SO closely 10 your own
that the league and America are i'm
PEELED by force nj circumsta noes to
cooperate freely for the good OF hu-
msnity."
World Court Separate.
He emphasized that the Perma ne Mt
Court of international Justice-"the
principle of which apparently is ap-
proved by President Coolidee"-has
its existence separate from the league
and then remarked that the United
States had taken part in all the
leagues humanitarian work. while
numerous Americans had given the
league the benefit of their exceptional
!rapacity in different missions. He
predicted that such points of contact
iwduld increase in the future.
4 The history Of the United States
had already afforded European pes
'simists a lesson upon which the.
could not mediate too often.
e If these pessimisIs had rea ched
,manhood 80 years ago the speaker
went on. what a gloomy. sauguin-
airy future they would have predicted
for America. The United States had
been rent for four years by terri
bic civil war. The ground was COW
aFed with ruins and the hearts Of
The people were filled with hatred
which the presence of the former
negro slsves-liberated nv force-ap-
=peared to render forever iueradica bile
= Nevertheless from the atlantic TO
The Pacific. these States-with q
-heteroge population and with
b7 terests so diverse as often 10 he
directly opposed-ijve peaceably side
h9 side under the protection of a
Supreme Court. whose AUTHORITY
which is purely moral has never had
70 resort to penalties.
Fear End of Civilization.
- The war songs under which the
armies of Grant and Lee met in furi-
als combat now have become nation
n melodies. sung with equal good
will by all the citizens Of the United
States
We must. of course guar ga inSt
broad analogies. and no one viii i'm
fsine that the history of that new
apntinent can be repeat ted in our old
rpntinent Of Europe. with irs ancient
Ira ditions and nationalities
Nevertheless, NJ. Painleve continu-
ed. he desired to empha size that, the
possibilities Of lasting pea ce are
nn less strong today in Europe rha
they were in 1857 in America. and
BE was convinced these possibilities
gould he transformed into scualities
bT good will.
=, This was imperative he declared.
fhr the present situation was IN
stable. and either the atmosphere Of
ftstrust in which Europe was plung-
Fd would vanish. ~ il would grow
shd inevitably cause a hideous war
switch would really mean the end
of EurOppan n civilization