Evening star., 1932-02-08
|BR|TA|N HITS PLAN
| TO ARM LEAGUE
Disputes Contention Worlc
Police Are Necessary to
Effect Peace.
Continued From First Page.)

embodied in the general treaty fornu-
lated at Geneva, the British deleg c
continued. we are ready 10 co-opu
ate In whatever methods are found m {
practical for an agreed reduction in , .
size of ships and the maximum 81 4
calloer, he said, "as well as Nm
practical application of the principle
prohibiting land guns above certo 4
calioer.
Many peace conferences have fai' "a
before this, he said, and the con
quenceS OF their failure are written In
letters of blood in the history Of tie
world, but failure now means Moth z
snort OF unmeasured and immeaSurat
Calamity We will have TO proceed VI il n
| our task through many weeks Al d
months, conscious of the doom whirh
| is In store for mankind If some pra :
! tlcal results are not achieved
We represent the mass OF people 1
all lands, the people who fight the We Il
ana are hoping even against hope f9l Il
wise issue from our deliberations Pu
sunt quia posse videntur Success con IS
TO those who are reSovled to succeed
Sums Up British Proposals.
Sir John summed up the British pr -
poSals thus:
.
| discussions the general scheme of tine
oraft OF the disarmament convention
We accept, in general. the methods
and limitations with reference to TED
establishment Of maxima contained
| the convention We support the eSta I
llshment of permanent disarmamen /
commission. We urge the abolition o.
gas and chemical warfare, We press for
! the abolition of submarines.
ahC Af
We realize. subject with controyerS Ia 4
aspects, but we seek and urge uponi
others the most practical course TO.
limiting by agreement the numbers ~
effectives.
The temptation to resort to armed
| conflict is obviously reduced If defer Il
is strengthened at the expense of a Il
tack and, since our common object 5!
not to increase, but to diminish { FL
sum total OF ornaments and their e.
penSe. 1t follows that we must dire t
special attention to such limitations 5 |
VIII weaken attack and so reno = /
temptation"
The warltke activities in the + Il
East, he said, merely reinforce tie
urgent necessity Of achieving a redu |
ton of ornaments.
Farley at Right Time.
"A paradox is being pointed out"
| said, that while disarmament is beiI
| discussed at Geneva, in the Far Ea
ornaments are being employed, BON 81
| are dropping from the skies, troops q >
| now on the move and the Ideals Il
| the Covenant are in jeopardy
Il don't agree with those who ST. i
| geSt that this paradox makes our me-
ing inopportune. Now is the accept Il
Time Tor the promotion of disarn 4
ment; the work of effective intern !
tlonal disarmament will not be II i
dered easier, but will become m, !,
difficult as the years go unless 81 .
accomplish something now"
| Ihe memories of those who We
| through the horrors of the World War
| are fading, he said, and many men
| and women who are participating In
the direction of public affairs have no
real and personal knowledge of the
| events of 1914-19l8
Emphasizing the difference in arma-1
ments OF victor and vanquiShed nations.
he proposed "a practical application OF
a system of agreed limitation of arma-
mentS by the establishment of a far
datum lire as between states"
IN seeking to fix the proper lin
in each case" he said 1--WE cannot ex-
pect to arrive at a mathematical cor.
respondence in actual figures, for con-
! siderations of size and geography and
| special needs all introduce factors oc
variation; national circumstances var
| and armamentS may vary with then
A state that has been reduciu~i
| its ornaments in recent years Wi.
naturally and properly expect this fac
to be borne in mind and that is WIN
/ dwell upon the Importance of estab-
! fishing upon sound principles the con
! ception of a datum line in order tina
We may effectively enter upon the tasz
Of further reduction of ornaments to-
gether."
Strict Attention Paid Speech.
! All the delegates listened to the Brit
ish spokesman with keen attention
Only Chancellor Heinrich Bruening q,
Germany had a copy of Sir John
manuscript. Dino Grandi, head of tn
Italian delegation; Maxim Litvinor
head of the Russian delegation, and
Andre Tardieu French spokesmen. q
| had telephone gear clamped upon thei-
ears to get the translation as it wa
read Gibson listened intently. TIL,
japanese delegation made hasty note
as Sir John spoke.
| In remarks which appeared directed
! especially toward the French declara-
| ton, Sir John sharply declared
Disarmament is pursued first and
| foremost as an effective method OF
buttressing peace and limiting the risks
and sufferings of sudden and devastat-
| ing war.
I'm this respect an immense chang
| has come over the judgment OF the
world. The proposition that the peace
| of the world is to be secured by pre-
pairing for war is no longer believed by
anybody. for recent history manltestly
| disproves it. A high level OF armament
| is no substitute for security. At best 1t
| only creates the illusion Of security IN
one quarter, while at the same time
aggreVating the sense Of insecurity IL
| another.
THE security which we set before Us
| as our ideal is security for all, and Sc
| curity for all fundamentally depends On
armament reduction
"Armaments are symptoms OF
pathological condition. Piling up arna-
| ments is at best, an attempt to ria
ones self of the plague by injecting
| ones neighbors A distracted mankind
! NAV feel that armaments are ineWta-
| BILE, but as an instrument for world
! peace we know that they are useless.
'Our problem, therefore, Is to de
liver the world from despair and to do
so, not by exhausting ourselves over
melancholy reflections, but by a reSo-
Lutte course of practical and applied
energy
Great Britain recognizes two prac-
tical methods of limiting armaments by
international agreement: One by fix
ing maximum limits and the other BY
excluding certain methods or instru-
ments of warfare from use. desire
! to announce on behalf of the govern
ment of Great Britain that We advo-
cate both these methods and viii do
our utmost, in loyal and friendly CO.
operation with other states, to help de-
wise and bring into effect plans to
apply them. Both methods are en-
bodied in the draft of the Disarma-
ment Convention"