Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-15
JUGOSLAV|A BACKS
BRANDS PROPOSAL
Study of European Union
Plan by Special League
Committee Urged.
~ the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GENEVA, September 15.-Foreign
Minister Marinkovitch OF Jugoslavia in
the League of Nations Assembly today
combated the proposal OF delegates to
send French Foreign Minister Brands
Omitted States OF Europe" plan to cold
storage by the Political Commission
route.
He put up stubborn opposition to
what he believed meant an indefinite
hold-up in the fruition of the BRAND
plan in the hands of the sixth or
Political Commission of the Assembly
and urged that a special committee of
the nations. involved be appointed to
study and elaborate the program
This procedure is known to be the
one favored by M. BRAND and in con-
hict with the ideas of some of the gov
ernments that had expressed them
selves In cautious acceptance of the
principle involved.
French Sound Out Henderson.
II is understood that the French have
been sounding out British Foreign
Minister Arthur Henderson particularly
in the last few days. on the appoint
ment Of special committee and that
he has not favored such a step thus
far. 1t was recalled today that M
BRAND, in his memorandum of May II,
suggested that while the federation be
under the general direction of the
League, 1t also should be a separate
entity with its own secretariat and own
conferences for mutual European dis
cusSion.
Some OF the replies, notably that of
Great Britain, combatted this plan and
insisted that the new union be entirely
within the League Britain insisted
that the plan should go before the as
eembly while the BRAND proposal was
that it be studied first of all at the
European conference which preceded
the first meeting of the League Council
Warm proponents of the BRAND
plan felt that the routine proposal for
reference to the political commission,
presided over by non European, Sir
Robert Borden, was equivalent to put
ting 1t on ice until the assembly meet
ing next year. 1t was this feeling that
inspired NJ. Voislaw Marinkovitch's
suggestion that the European nations
themselves prepare the draft Of the plan
Tor the confederation.
Urgency Anti-War Agency.
Europe must accept its own respon-
sibilities the Jugo Slav foreign minister
declared. adding that failure of the
plan, If it failed. could be blamed only
on European states most interested in
1t. He urged the necessity for some
sort of political organization of Europe
to prevent war, for Europe, he said, was
really afraid of new combats and
wanted to prevent them.
Mere disarmament, he asserted. was
not SUFFICIENT. for in this age of ma
chinery, arms and munitions could be
manufactured at a rate heretofore I'M
known
The European conference met TODAY
FOR three and one-half hours, and in
the session M. BRAND gracefully ac-
guessed in the desire of his colleagues
that the assembly itself should have the
frst discussion of his PLAN
Greek Minister Speaks.
Nicolas Pleitis. the Greek Minister of
Paris, also devoted his address today to
the BRAND plan. Recalling the early
struggles of Aemrica under the Articles
OF Confederation, he said the success of
the plan would be slow and would be
gained only at the expense of hard ex-
perience and mistakes
Europe is at the crossroads" Minis
ter Pleitis concluded. "One road leads
to anarchy and war-the other to
peace"
Tseuneo MatSudaira. chief of the
japanese delegation, expressed his coun-
try's satisfaction at the results of the
London Naval Conference.
Now that the question of naval dis
armament has entered on a phase of
practical solution, my country awaits
in spirit of good will a moment in
the near future when the time will be
ripe to envisage, under the auspices of
the League, the whole problem of dis
armament" the japanese envoy said
He declared Japan had in recent years
voluntarily reduced her land forces to
IL divisions, representing about SIS per
cent of her pre-War strength.
He concluded by saying Japan was
grati1ed with the principle of M