Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
SIX COMMITTEES
ACTIVE AT GENEVA
U. S. Interests Figure in at
Least Three of Several
Major Topics.
BY REGINALD WRIGHT KAUFMAN

BY REGINALD WRIGHT KAUFMAN.
By Radio to The Star.
GENEVA, September 21.-That fine
flower of the Young plan, the Bank Of
International Settlements-the future of
the preparatory disarmament commits
sion-the settling of the Kellogg treaty
within the League of Nations covenant
all these and other matters occupied
the half dozen committees of the League
Of Nations assembly today.
At least three named touched Amert-
can interests or American sentiments.
Germany thought the United States
would not care to see the Bank Of In
ternational Settlements linked with the
League Of Nations. France expressed
the same opinion. Lord Cecil, speaking
for Great Britain, seemed to think that
he would have the assistance Of Wash
ington in his next assault upon war.
And, of course, the mere mention OF the
Kellogg treaty for the remuneration OF
war makes many American hearts beat
more rapidly than is normal
Finance of First Interest.
Finance came last chronologically,
but first, alas, in general interest.
Poland, Austria and Denmark. sitting
with the second committee, applauded
the plan to house the reparations bank
in the Leagues new building, but
France and Germany opposed them.
And Lord Cecil's resolution scolding the
preparatory disarmament commission
for its delay was withdrawn, the COM
promise of Nicolas Politis being sub
stituted.
Nevertheless, the substitute for Lord
Cecils resolution, which inferentially
sought to reopen some Of the commits
sions decisions, leaves Great Britain a
free hand to ask at the next session
much that she laid aside here.
At the next preparatory disarmament
commission meeting it is probable that
Great Britain will allow France her
trained reserves If France will give up
her objections to direct control Of war
material, and 1t is evident that Lord
Cecil believes his delegation will enter
the commission either with the COM
plete support of the United States or
at least with the prestige gained by
some satisfactory Anglo American naval
accord.
The substitute resolution of politis.
as adopted after a few verbal changes,
welcomes the prospect of an early
agreement between the naval powers
with view toward limitation and re-
duction of naval ornaments which
would enable the preparatory disarma-
ment commission to secure a general
agreement on methods to be adopted
(by the world conference) for the
limitation and reduction of naval arma-
ment."
Mutual Concessions Urged.
Having thus left the finality to the
world conference, the resolution notes
that the solution of the disarmament
problem can be attained only through
mutual concessions" Thus while the
disarmament delegates performed in
one ring of the Assembly's circus. IN
another South America became the pro-
gram headliner for the third time this
season.
A subcommittee of legal experts
agreed upon the means of bringing the
League covenant in line with the Kel-
logg treaty-as Prime Minister Ramsay
Macdonald of Great Britain had urged
and found that means by sending TO
the Assembly, as whole, the scheme
based on the proposal of the Peruvian
delegate, Mariana Cornejo.
This point must be reached by some
alteration in the Geneva document,
which gives an effective edge to the
Kellogg treaty's general outlawry of war.
Consequently the committee agrees that
the League covenant should no longer
accord It's subscribers the right to in
dulge in conflict in cases where they
have renowned this right under the
pact of Paris, and urges that all gov
ernments submit plans for the enforce
ment of the obligations so imposed.
(Copyright. 1927