The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-25
UNITED STATES
may pull OUT
OF geneva MEET
BlGmeS France and Her
Allies for Trouble
Especial to The Daily WORKER

WASHING ON Sept. %. - The
belief that Americas delegates to the
Geneva conference on disarmament
are preparing to withdraw was
strengthened here today. Unqualified
approval was given In official quar-.
tiers to tho speech made yesterday by
the chief Of the American delegation,
Minister Hugh S. Gibson, In which he
bIuntly told the league powers that
the conferences was getting nowhere
and as matters stood the whole thing
looked IKE a waste Of time.
U. s. May Withdraw.
whether actual withdrawal Of Amer
lean delegates win follow this plain
spoken admonition remains to be seen.
Secretary of State Kellogg has thus
tar ,contented himself with merely say
ing that Americas delegates would re-
main at Geneva so long as there is
any prospect of success. Gibson, how
ever, virtually told the powers there is
no such preparedness and until
France and her continental allies cease
their obstructionist tactics.
Lack of Progress.
The work of exploring the disarma-
ment question, Gibson pointed out, was
delegated to two committees, the first
of which was purely a military com
mission to consider technical aspects
Of the question. Yet this committee,
he added, has consistently violated its
mission, and insisted upon injecting
European politics into its deliberations
with the result that there has been
confusion, pickering and an utter lack
of progress.
Also, he pointed out this commits
sion dominated by France and her
small allies) has in effect steam
rollered" minority views and failed
even to present to the general confer
ence any views that differed from the
majority
Led to Confusion.
Our military commission" said
Gibson, appears consistently to have
approached questions from both the
political and military points Of view
and the American delegation cannot
but feel that this has led to confusion.
The American delegation believes this
situation can be remedied by specific
directions to the effect that we de-
sire to receive replies to questions that
are based on expert technical imfor-
nation without regard to political or
economic considerations"
Gibson then boldly suggested that
all Of the reports formulated by this
French-controlled commission be re-
turned with specific instructions to do
the work over again. This was tanta-
mount to saying that four months of
work is utterly valueless, and that a
fresh start must be made II the con-
ference is TO get anywhere.
The state department made public
the text Of Gibson's speech with evil
dent approval
GENEVA, Sept. %. - The world
court delegate conference today
adopted the report of the juridical
committee, proposing that all Of the
United States reservations to the
world court be accepted, providing a
satisfactory Interpretation is given by
the United States on the second part
of the fifth reservation.
Each member state is expected to
send a separate note to the world
court that it be accepted, providing a
satisfactory Interpretation is given by
the United States on the second part
OF the fifth reservation.
Each member state is expected to
send separate note to the United
States announcing its acceptance Of
the reservations, but delicately sug-
costing that the accepting is condi-
tional upon a satisfactory interpreta-
ton Of the fifth reservations latter
part, which provides that the world
court shall take up no cases affecting
United States interests without the
consent Of the United States.