New Britain herald., 1929-01-25
GATHERS COURAGE
FOR DISARMAMENT
alsls Omd,k Approach kss
With Caltion

Geneva. Jan. IS N1Leasus o.
ficials approach the inevitable
plunge into the frosty issue 81 dis
armament with caution and consid-
cradle uneasises.
An examination Of facts available
at this time indicates that the great
naval powers. particularly England
and America. are still some distance
from asreement on the types Of
warships subjects to limitation.
Many LegaEus officials hesitated
about summonin9 the preparatory
disarmament commission. but now
that Z meeting has been fxed for
April Is they hope that some kind
eof m agreement can be reached in
private which will serve ~ q basis
for discussion.
The United States government n
expected to adhere to the view
point that II cruisers and subma-
rines are subject to limitation there
should be no discrimination - to
tonnage. In other words, all cruis-
ers and submarines. large or small.
should be affected by any reduction.
Soviet Russia has been promised
discussion Of her project Of par
tial disarmament. Then there IL
the question Of publicity Of arma-
ments. which 10 expected to take
up enough time to pustify. with the
Soviet proposal. the convocation Of
the meeting. The pdan b to cali q
second session Of the commission
in the late summer.
In the economic held the League
in 1929 is expected to have one Of
its biggest years. There are no
fewer than 10 meetings scheduled
of various commissions and COM
mittee. including six on economics
and finance, the Inauguration Of the
study OF the causes OF the crisis In
the sugar and coal industries and Z
preliminary conference to deter
mine the cause Of the fluctuations
in the purchasing power Of gold.
All these meetings grow out Of the
international economic conference
held at Geneva several years ago
and embody policy of securing
the fulfillment in particular concrete
directions of the principle of eco
nomic reconstruction laid down ut
that international conference.
But the years program Of the
League does not stop there. In
April will come IN international
conference for the adoption Of =
treaty to suppress counterfeiting.
This will take the form Of the
agreement upon 4 common system
of fighting counterfeiters of cur
rency wherever In the world they
may seek to launch their criminal
designs and a common method Of
punishment. A system for the coll
lection of international information
about the movements OF counter
feiters forms part of this League
project in the same sense that the
banking interests OF the United
States have a system of exchange
of information for the detection OF
bank frauds.
Women are constantly taking Z
bigger place In international life.
One manifestation Of this growing
activity OF women may be afforded
at an international conference for
the codification OF international law
which will be held at the Hague
some time during the year. The
nationality and the necessity OF
determining just what conditions
make man Frenchman or q
Spaniard or an American when his
parents have been born in some
other land. Women often lose their
nationality by marriage. and that is
why women's associations. under
the leadership of Miss Doris Ste
vens OF New York, have insisted
upon the right to have women APP
pointed as plenipotentiaries to the
Forthcoming conference. BY res
olution adopted at the last assem-
bly, of the League all governments
have been invited to designate at
least one woman in making up
their delegations.