New Britain herald., 1929-09-09

 that standardization of production and distribution in Europe would benefit other continents. Germany Will Join
 If arrangements were being con sidcrcd he said. to facilitate cX- changes and bring about the lower ing of the tariffs. Germany vas ready to join in such a move ment.
 Dr. Strescmann won the rapt at tention of his auditors when h. | indirectly painted a picture of a Germany no longer interested in war. but absorbed in the develop i ments of science, all delegates sec ing in this an allusion to such Ger man scientific achievements as the Graf Zeppelin, North German Lloyd | liner Bremen and the giant DOrnier airplane.
 Tn future wars, personal hero ism will have no place. It is in combat with nature that men will | find their sphere of usefulness, the real heroes will be those who lead the hght between man and the uni verse"
 | He voiced Germany's satisfaction | that German soil will be freed of the burden of allied troops, and ap- pealed to the delegates to hasten liquidation of the problem of the l Saar Basin.
 ,He heartily approved the plan of | the British and other delegations | to revise certain articles of the 1 league covenant so as to make them as strong in outlawing war as the Kellogg pact, but insisted that other l articles of tho covenant should also ! be remodcIlCd.
 i Dr. Stresomann declared his con- viction that in waging battle against war prime emphasis must be laid on methods of preventing war and eliminating it's causes, rather than i upon the question of penalties to be l imposed once war had broken out. Favors Armament Reduction
 He believed fcrvently that an- olIifi 'IIttllNf lil'tt''i p4 lN'iNNl 'I- | the chances Of war was the rcduc- | ton of armamcnts.
 The German foreign minister de- i clarcd that everybody was eagerly following the naval conversations . between Premier Macdonald and Ambassador Dawes in London. about which the delegates to the assembly had heard such cncourag- ing words from the premier him self
 He ardently hoped these ncaotia- tons would he crowned with sue cess and that they would. in their turn bring about reduction in armies.
 He recalled that upon Canadian and German initiative there had been improvement in the procedure for handling the problem Of minor ity peoples and insisted that there be no faltering in proper protection of their rights. He recommended a special league commission to han dle the question of minorities just as there is now a special commis- sion to examine conditions in re- eions over which powers have man dates.
 Senator Sciaoia Of Italy announced to the assembly that Italy had just signed the compulsory arbitration clause of the world court. The Italian delegate said his country was observing satisfactory progress of the naval conversations between England and America and hoped they would lead to general dis armamont conference.
 Economic Organization Urged
 Referring to Premier Eriand $ project for a European Confedora- ton, Scialoia asserted that pro per economic organization of Eu- rope was most desirable, and that Italy would give it serious consid cration.
 Premier Bcncs of Czccho- Slovakia also approved M Briand's project
 for the united States of Europe, ' but warned the assembly that great difficulties had to be surmountod Europe must make haste slowly in this matter.
 The Czccho- Slovakian premier an nounced that his country also would sign the compulsory arbitration
 clause of the world court and the general act for settlement Of all disputes. either by cancellation or arbitration. which was adopted al
 the last assembly.