Evening star., 1926-08-22
Destroys Work of Geneva
Commissions Is Belief.
Even Pacifists Puzzled.
Germans Believe Prosper.
ity Real Cure for Many
International Ills.
BY GERVILLE REACH,

One of the Foremost Journalists of France
BY Radio to The Star.
PARIS. August 21.-Secretary of
State kellogg's speech on disarma- :
ment, delivered at PlattsburS Wednes-
day, has produced a most painful i'm
preston in France. 1t is held here
to form serious obstacle to a gen.
eral disarmament conference. because
in way it destroys the work labori-
ously accomplished since the end of
May by the military, naval and air
subcommissions at Geneva, which had
reached an agreement in principle on
the first three questions which the
Preparatory Disarmament Commits
sion had sent them.
The attitude of the United States
toward the whole disarmament ques-
tion is incomprehensible even to the
most paCifiSt Frenchman.
NJ. Louis Brouckere's report to the
preparatory commission already had
been adopted, the United States dele
cation alone refraininG from voting
Since then. with Lord Cecils help in
London, the American delegation,
adopting certain of Germany's view
points, has continually upheld a thesis
contrary to the viewpoints of other
nations, especially those Of France,
and Secretary kellogg's speech mani
tested to the whole world the serious
divergence of views held at Geneva.
Desires Security Guarantees.
In France, disarmament is CON
sidered a logical result of security
guarantees given to each nation, and
OF the efficacy of these guarantees.
Secretary Kellogg allows that it is
necessary to eliminate fear Of aggres-
sion by neighboring states, but when
it comes to estimating the reasons for
such fears. Mr.. Kellogg, like Lord
Cecil, sees only One-peace-tlme arnla-
ments. 1t does not matter whether a
nation can line up 10000 airplanes
and | 900 submarines in few weeks
rapidly constructed by mass produc-
ton and manned by a personnel pre-
viously trained in military service. If
airplanes and submarines do not exist
in time of peace. Mr.. Kellogg seems
to consider that it is unnecessary to
trouble about them.
But does not the last war bring
striking examples? In less than year
the United States sent across the At
lantic a formidable Army which did
not exist six months before. And
Germany nearly won the war twice
first by blockading Great Britain with
submarines which she did not possess
in 1914. and, second, by poison gas,
a surprise weapon in which her chemi-
cal equipment gave the great superb
ority.
Question as French See 1t.
1t is not a question of depriving ma
tionS with great resources or thelr en-
tire armies and navies, but of taking
the resources of such nations into
consideration in estimating the dan
ger of aggression. This is quite
different matter.
secretary kellogg also wants to diff
ferentiate between naval and land
ornaments France, geographically
bounded by three seas. and with land
frontiers, from which have come hun
dreds of invasions in the course or
history. is obliged to consider the
problem from another angle than
Great Britain or the United States.
Mr.. kellogg realizes. however. that 1t
is almost impossible to find plan ac'
ceptable for all.
To these difficulties will he added
at the beginning of September dlHi-
culties arising in connection with
Germany's entrance into the League
of Nations. which involve the demands
of Poland and Spain for permanent
seats in the league council. Also there
arises the necessity of reopenlng the
painful Tangier negotiations, follow
ing Gen. Primo de Rivera's speech
claiming Tangier for Spain or threat :
enine to abandon Morocco, when
certainly was unexpected in Parls
after the recent Franco-Spanish con-
versations. .,-
In upsetting the preparatory WORK
of tho Geneva subcommittee by his
Plattsburg speech, Secretary kellogg
onens the door to vast complications
in European problems, which DO not
rejoice true friends of peace ana ols'
armament. 49,.
The equilibrium engendered by the
war still is too fragile to pear the
slightest blow and the thesis main
tained by the American state DepaLt,,
'f,an+N-wbich at other times would
have been less serious-comlng on the
eve If the league meeting, aSgravates
a situation already almost lneXtrl-
cable. ,o,o
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