Evening star., 1925-07-25
ARMS LIMITATION
BEFORE INSTITUTE
Politics Body Will Trace
Source of Huge Armies
of World War.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WILLIAMSTOWN Mass, July 25.-
The Institute of Politics entered it's
second days labors today with the
limitation of armaments one of the
international problems to be attacked
The round-table conferences at which
the intimate and intensive discussions
are carried on We're slated to begin
this morning.
Especial interest attaches to the
armament round table, as its leader,
Maj. Gen. Sir Frederick Maurice, was
chief of operations on the British gen
eral staff during the World War. The
score or more members at his table
will trace with him the development
which eliminated in the huge armies
of the war. and later will discuss the
central problem of limitation.
Other R0und-Table Topics.
The other round.table topics for
today are agriculture and population
increase, the economic recovery of
Europe and the Mediterranean area,
with special reference to the Arab
countries.
This evening William Z. Rappard
of Geneva, member of the perma
nent mandates commission of the
League of Nations, will give the first
of six lectures on international Re
lationS as Viewed From Geneva" DR.
Rappard was sent to this country in
1918 by the Swiss government on
special mission to President Wilson,
and has made important contributions
to the work of the League of Nations.
In 1909 and 1910 he was secretary of
the international labor Office at Basle.
Fascist Leader Speaks.
The chief problem in international
relations is "a mysterious factor some
times defined as Imperialism or nation
aliSm, and often involving the neces-
sity for nations to defend their right
to exist, Count Antonio Cippico.
Italian Fascist Senator, said last night
in the first of a series of lectures at
the Institute of Politics at Williams
College. His subject was THE Medi-
terranean Area and Italy,
There is a mysterious factor which,
notwithstanding the many fine speeches
that have been made recently con-
cerning the admirable Utopian dream
of the united states of Europe, or,
better still. the united states of the
world, erects ever new and impene-
trable barriers, either clinical, ma
tional or economic" Count Cippico
said. This factor has been too easily
defined as imperialism or nationalism
based on the formidable egotistic aims
OF states, on diversitieS of race, Ian
guage, religion and degree of civiliza-
ton. This is often, however, nothing
but the cruel necessity for each nation
and state to defend even to bloodshed
its own right to exist, to remedy the
defects of its respective geographical
political or economic situation in the
world to make good it's own individual
civilization as opposed to the inferior
civilizations of other peoples
Must Know Causes.
The knowledge of the causes of
armed conflicts must be understood
by all classes of the population in
order that world peace may be as
sured, Count Cippico said. He criti-
cized as useless all attempts to end
war by generous popular movements
or by congresses tending toward total
or partial disarmament"
He praised the objects of the Insti-
tute of Politics and said that )nly
when the League of Nations follrwed
similar methods would it and ST snilar
societies attain to the ideals of Eeace.
"A better and more contenter hu-
manity," he continued, "a COLLECTIVELY
no longer ignorant of it's own nation
and of others, must surely try it's very
best to solve those problems and con-
fiicting interests which daily bring
one nation into collision with the
other without having recourse to arms
and the consequent destruction of
wealth. On that day the League of
Nations will have fulfilled its highest
task"
The Mediterranean Sea Count
Cippico described as possessing a dis
tinctlVe and historic civilization and
race in its area destined to create
"a civilization all it's own"
This sea-" he said, will always re-
spond to it's great imperial destiny
The nation that has hegemonic power
over it, holding the keys of it or of
its coasts, has imperial authority,
even though its shores may not be
bathed by it's waves, as is happening,
indeed, today"