The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-22
Versailles Treaty Clauses
Violated, Assertion of
Former Premier.
SLABS AT ARMS GROUP
War Inevitable If Security
is Up to Commission,
He Declares.
BY DAVID LLOYD GEORGE
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LONDON. Nov. 22.-(By Cable
If this security for world peace is
left to the disarmament commission
at Geneva. then another world war
is inevitable. And when it breaks
out. this egregious commission still
will be discussing whether disarma-
ment shall be attained by budgetary
or by direct limitation or by combl-
nation of both; whether reserves
shall be included in computation OF
forces and whether the recommen-
dations made shall be extended 10
naval and air forces as well as TO
land ornaments.
If the nations mean business,
there is only one way to reduce ar
naments by limiting numbers ana
equipment of forces that can be put
into the field by each country in
event of war.
France has a peace establishment
variously computed at around nan
a million men, but if war were de-
clared by or against France she
could put into the field, fully
equipped, a force of several million
men. And the equipment of these
millions would be incomparably
more powerful than that of the Ger
man armies of 1914.
Germany Not Menace
What is the relative position OF
France and Germany today in re-
spect to ornaments? 1 quote from
chancellor Bruening's paper: Ger
msnv's military security no longer
EXISTS. France and her allies can
put into the field at least ten NIL
lion men. Germany has an army
of 100000 men. 1t is grotesque 10
say that the security. of France ana
Poland can be menaced. The claim
Of Germany at Geneva is that the
same conditions of disarmament be
apnlied to Germany as to other
countries and that there should be
no exceptional conditions made tor
the German republic. In the
League of Nations there should only
be equals
This contention can not be cha!-
lenqed fairly by any statesman VINO
honestly looks into the facts and
figures. It represents a glarlng
broach of the fundamental condl-
tion upon the strength OF which
Germany was induced to sign tne
Treaty of Versailles. The french
grouu in Europe definitely has re-
fused to carry out this obligation
of honor.
Britain and the United States
alone have performed their share
of the solemn undertaking then
given. Italy has offered to reduce
her forces to the lowest level al
tanned by other powers. Russia
also has offered to enter into a
aimilar engagement. But France
Poland. Czechoslovakia, YugoslaVla
and Rumania have declined 10
carry out the promise given by all
The powers in the peace treaties.
Millions of Reserves
IT. all turns on the questions OF
reserves and equipment. The mill
tarist powers are adopting the same
methods for building up IIle
strencth of their armies as we're III
force before the war. Every able
l,odied young man, when he attalns
. certain age, is called up for mill
farv service. After he has served
his time of training, he is passed
into the reserve. These reserves can
Re summoned Immediately to the
colors up to the age of As.
Equipment available is adequate
TO put into the field the whole OF
this immense force, including re-
serves. Number of men available
for active service averages some
thing between 7 and 10 per cent OF
the total population of the country.
Thus France may have a peace es-
tablishment of 100000 men, but her
war strength would be at least
100000
During the last ten years Ger
many has been forbidden to train
f1er young men for war. The sur
vivors of the great war still are a
formidable array, but most OF them
have reached unmihtary age, and
those left have neither rifles nor
cannon. In a few years they will
cease to count and Germany. if she
stands alone, will only have 100000
men trained to the use of arms for
the defense of her frontiers, against
millions of trained and equipped
soldiers across her borders.
No wonder she grows more and
more restless and resentful. This is
not what she agreed to at Versailles.
She there was duped into impotence,
and no public spirited nation can
tolerate such situation without seek
ing some means of escape.
Would Curb CONSUMPTION
This accounts for the proposal
she submitted to the last meeting