Evening star., 1925-10-06
WORLD D|SARM|NC
CONFERENCE URGED
Parliamentary Union Dele
gates Voice Demand for
ParIey of Nations.

A concerted demand for a world
conference on disarmament was made
by the nations of the world as rep.
resented at the twenty.third confer
ence of the Interparliamentary Union
here today.
The Interparliamentary Union went
on record in support of the establish
ment of demilitarized zones between
nations and in favor of treaties be.
tween nations represented for crea.
ton Of non-military zones.
Turning whole and with
unanimity from other pressing sub
jects to the sole problem of perma.
nent universal peace. the conference
went on record as ready to support
any official movement for the con.
vening of a congress Of the nations
for the purpose of limiting arma-
ments both on land and sea, and from
delegates Of Japan and Great Brit.
ain both of whom declared they ex-
pressed the sentiments of their gov.
ernments. an appeal was issued for
the United States to take the initia.
tive once more and summon the world
to the peace table again.
One after another the delegates who
represent the great powers of the
world in this conference arose to speak
enthusiastically in favor of the Inter.
parliamentary Unions program for
disarmament.
Japan Sounds Call.
Japan was the first of the nations
to sound the call for cessation Of in.
ternational strife. and Poland, Hun.
gary, Great Britain, France, Ger.
many, Brazil and Bulgaria seconded
the appeal in order.
r. S. Hudson, member of Parlia.
ment and Of the British diplomatic
service, declared amid applause of
other members of the British delega.
any great powers in any conference
for the further limitation Of naval
| armament or for the reduction of
land armament" Continuing, he
said:
What I had in mind in these OBJ.
servations was that perhaps the ini.
tiative in regard to naval matters,
If they are to be treated separately,
had better come from that power
to which we owe the summoning of
the Washington conference, which re-
suited in the first decisive interna.
tional act of disarmament that the
world has seen.
Applause Shows Sentiments.
II venture to say that represents
still the wishes and desires Of the
overwhelming majority of the nation
and people of the British empire" At
the conclusion Of his address, Mr..
Hudson was accorded what was per.
haps the greatest applause yet given
a speaker at the unions conference,
and it was accepted as a definite indi-
cation of the sentiment of the dele
gates.
Lasting peace is the final goal of
human aspiration today, Fusanosuke
Mayeda, member of the japanese Diet
and business leader, declared.
Japan he said. lis imbued with
a desire to do whatever is possible to
| bring about this condition. We are
| ready to Join hands with the other
nations of the world when the call
comes"
/ Competitive armaments, however,
are putting realization of world peace
+; into the still unseen future, he added.
No Peace in Arms.
Il wonder If any of you can cite
any instance" he said, lin which ar
| maments have assured peace for the
world. know you cannot. So long
as armaments are kept in the present
state. / am afraid there will be no
durable peace. 1t is incumbent,
therefore,. to strive to the best of
our ability to remove this cause of
| international disturbance"
The Washington conference on dis.
| armaments, Mr.. Mayeda asserted
achieved much toward world peace.
| He said it ranked high above any con.
| ference or congress held before or
since, but that 1t had left much that
| Is yet to be done.
Threat to Stability.
Competition in armament is threat.
| ening even the economic stability OF
| the nations, the speaker said, and he
expressed the hope that as an out.
come Of this conference of the Inter.
parliamentary Union a solid founda.
ton for reduction of world armament
| would be laid once and for ALL
Carrying over debate on the resolu.
| tion Of Brig. Gen. E. l.. Spears OF
| Great Britain for the establishment
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