Evening star., 1926-05-26
HUNGARY CHARGES
HEATED ARMS RACE
EXISTS IN EUROPE
Allegation Is Laid Before
League Commission Plan
ming for Farley.
By the Associated Press.

GENEVA. May 26.-Feverish rein
forcing of armaments by most Of the
European countries which contain
the germs of new wars was alleged
today by Hungary in a memorandum
presented to the preparatory dis
armament commission.
Hungary also complained with bit
terness that, practically disarmed her.
self, she is surrounded by a group of
allied countries posse ssing vastly su
perior military forces.
BY this memora ndum, Hungary has
placed herself at the side of Germany
which through Count Won Rernstorff
already has protested that the Ger
mans have been disarmed while their
neighbors are permitted powerful
military forces.
Note Causes Sensation.
The Hungarian memorandum
caused a sensation chiefly because of
its structures against the little entente.
1t declared that if the egotistical aims
OF certain countries continue to hold
up the speedy restriction of arma-
ments. the commission might just as
well abandon its disarmament project
before 1t developed into a plain fiasco
and seek some other basis for the
maintenance of world peace.
The memorandum further demanded
the abrogation of treaty regulations
whereby Hungary's army was re-
stricted TO $4,000 men. a force that
to protect them. Heavily armed
neighbor nations should be obliged to
reduce their military forces to lower
level, the Hungarian statement said,
so that there will not be any wide
difference in power between the con.
querors and the vanquished.
Hungary insisted that arma ment
reduction must be general to be ef-
fective and issued a warning that if
some reduction failed to materialize
Europe and the League Of Nations
would be gravely endangered. "If
this disarmament. the hope Of the
masses of the people throughout the
world, is not fulfilled the whole fragile
institution created by the treaties Of
peace which were concluded at Paris
will tumble to the ground" the MEN,
orandum stated.
Memorandum Draws Protest.
Representatives of the little entente
Immediately protested the tenor of the
Hungarian document. They declared
1t was virtually a petition for the re.
vision of the treaty of Trianon, which,
they contended, had no place in the
deliberations of the disarmament com.
mission. The Serbian spokesman de-
MED that the Serbian army was
menace to Hungary in any way. but
was purely a defensive force. More
over. he declared. Serbia has nego-
tiated a treaty of non-aggression with
hungary.
England and France supported this
view. There could be no question,
they said. of modifying treaties and
on this understanding the Hungarian
was referred to a sub
for examination of its
technical suggestions.
After adopting the report of the
drafting committee. the commission
adjourned to An unfiXed date. Mean
while the subccmmittees of experts
will tackle the numerous problems on
which their aovice has. been sought.
The Commission will be conVoked Wnen
the work of the subcommittee IS mn
ished. This may require seVeraA
Russia has notified the league tnat
she will refuse to give the views re-
QueSIeO on QucsliOiiS q
control of the private manufacture oi
arms.
Maxim Litvinoff, deputy foreign
minister of Soviet Russia, explains
that his country did not atteno tne
on the control or the tranic
in arms because she believed IL was
not sincere; for the same reason sne
will have nothing to do with the move
to control private manufacture.
Progress Blow Is Seen.
The opinion generally held In league
CIRCLES is that Russia's declinatton to
na rticipate in the various arms meet
ines will prevent real progress In the
redIIction of armaments in Europe. .
In preparation for the international
conference the first question wnlcn
will be asked of every country Is.
ITO what extent can you lay oown
your arms"
When the drafting committee OF
,he preparatory commission on as
armament, which is trying to ar
range an agenda for the interna-
tional conference. made its compete
report to a plenaly public session OF
the commission last night. the dele-
gates discovered that everything was
contingent on this question.
Each nation will be asked to state
what amount Of armaments 1t thinks
il requires, calculated with reference
To the degree of security existing at
the time the conference meets. Every
country also must give reasons to
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