Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-13
FARLEY INTEREST INTENSE.
ETHICAL Week Seen in History of Arms
Conference.
BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER.

BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER
By Gable to The Star.
GENEVA, June ia period of in
tense diplomatic activity began here
today. 1t concerns immediate hopes OF
improving the worlds affairs centering
around the three topics of disarmament.
reparations and financial aid to Austria
and Central Europe
DINO Grand, Italian foreign minis
Ter, arrived today with hin delegation
ramsay Macdonald, British prime min
lster, and his foreign minister Sir John
simon, as we'll as Premier Edouard Her
,, riot and the new French delegation. ar
rive tonight.
Sir John and Macdonald have been
taxing reparations and Austria with
] the french during the last two DAYS IN
farls. They are discussing disarma-
ment today on the train.
Disarmament and Austria will he nm
Permos~ IN the conversations here to-
morrow and Wednesday, and then on
thursday the Preparations Conference
peglnS at Lausanne. The Preparations
ana disarmament Conferences will PROC
aoiy De contacted simultaneously.
New Disarmament Plan.
Inc British have new disarmament
plan. They propose as a basis of dis
cuSslon the abolition of capital shins
submarines, big tanks and heavy mobile
artillery and possibly big bombing
planes, not because these weapons are
peculiarly offensive but because they
are costly.
With budgets everywhere in detcit
the nations, it is declared, will soon be
absolutely obliged to slash expenditures
Tor national defense, so they might bet
ter do so in a common agreement than
slngly under the pressure Of individual
circumstances
The United States. it is understood
approves this plan with the exception of
capital ships. Furthermore, as soon as
the French arrive here, Herriot, his air
minister, former Premier Paul Painleve.
and others will be privately confronted
with the well known American plan for
the reduction OF electives. which has
by no means been strapped but today IS
hvelier than ever.
The French attitude on disarmament
is saio not yet to have been fixed, but
Herriots attitude is described as
friendly and constructive.
Between the American plan for effec-
tives and the British plan for economy
by abolition and the French ideas on
security. it is felt there is reason for
optimism. In any case, this, it is said,
Will be critical week in the history of
the Disarmament Conference. Either
the lines will now be established wnere-
on progress seems to be possible or all
efforts might as we'll be abandoned.
Preparations Opinions.
With respect to reparaticns. the
French and British appear to BE- c.o-er
together than for long time ana
TINS is due in large part to the clarity
with which the United States has ex-
pressed its position in the last few G1,s
The French want to preserve the D. n
ciple of reparations payments for the
present. The British want to wipe
them out entirely. The American
stand on war debts. however. saerls TO
have enabled the French to bring me
BRUSH some way toward the French
position, at least temporarily.
The Lausanne conference, it is ini-
mated, will last a week or 10 DAYS
The Hoover moratorium will be pro-
longed nine months or year. it is said,
and steps will meanwhile be taken to
reopen the problem next Spring after
the new American President has been
inaugurated.
The Germans. it is feared. will pro-
test this program, but with the disap-
pearance OF Chancellor Heinrich Bruen-
ing from the German government there
Is everywhere much less preoccupation
than formerly with the German view
point.
With regard to Central Europe the
French want to organize general aid.
but they seem willing meanwhile to 90
ahead and help Austria with a 400 600 :
600 schilling ,s42. 000, 000) loan as al
ready described in these dispatches
The Austrian aid plan ought to be
adopted rapidly now. This plan. it is
hoped, will prove turning point of the
depression.
Copyright, 1927