Evening star., 1932-02-09
GIBSON PROPOSED !
. BUDCETARY LIMIT
American Spokesman Makes
:. Nine Points in Statement
of U. S. Policy.
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valuable feature was an admission OF
the usefulness Of the budgetary method
for limiting ornaments, which was
fatty rejected by the United States
delegation In the Preparatory Commits
sion.
This made the support OF financial
limitation unanimous and increased tne
possibility that the conference might
achieve some reduction in world arma-
ment burdens.
It was remarked that the American.
British and French governments were
now agreed on the desirabillty OF re-
stricting offensive weapons, thus putting
Q check on aggression.
Two Obvious Omissions.
Two obvious omissions were noted,
however, by international observers. Mr.
Gibson said nothing of extending the
present armaments truce and he MADE
no reference to the Sino-Japanese
hostilities
The Americans curt assertion that
"the problem of armamentS Is not OF
the Western Hemisphere" naturally
provoked some encouragement, but
observers suggested that perhaps the
the United States took a vital inter-
Americans were in Geneva.
The first interruption of the solem-
nity of the proceedings came today. An
elderly woman dressed in mourning,
and apparently demented, tried to ad-
dress the gathering about dream"
but was removed by guards before she
had got very far.
Chancellor Bruening summed up
Germany's program as follows:
1.-THE German Reich, for whose policy
I am responsible, is ready to cooper
ate Fundamentally in the task lying
before us and to do, according to Its
strength, everything possible to bring
this conference to conclusive results In
accordance with the principles laid
down in the League of Nations pact
The government of the German
Reich and the German people demand,
after their own disarmament, general
disarmament. Germany has in this
respect a legal and moral claim that
can be called into question by NOBODY.
The German people expect OF this con-
ference the solution of the problem OF
general disarmament on basis o!
equality and equal security for all
peoples. Our delegates are instructed
to aim at the realization OF this goal
with all their energy.
Rejects Preparatory Draft.
1.-THE German delegation can, how
ever. not accept the draft convention OF
the Preparatory Commission. in its pres
ent form. as a starting point for practl-
cal work here This draft does not cor
respond to the eXigencieS OF the day.
It is full Of gaps and silent on essential
points. The German delegation reserves
the right, at a given moment, to sub
NIT to the conference proposals calcu-
lated to remove these shortcomings.
The aim of these proposals will be
to open practical ways for reducing
armaments generally. and effectively to
take cognizance Of the remuneration OF
war in later sets of treaties, especially
the Kellogg pact. by forbidding and de-
cisively limiting all weapons designed
especially for attack. Only such meas
ures as strike at the core and essence
OF armamentS can translate into reality
the last aim of this conference, namely,
to safeguard to all states their right to
equal security
The chancellor pledged Germany to
az objective examination Of all pro-
pCsals and suggestions calculated to
further the aim of disarmament with
out delay.
of course" he said, proposals that
might rather evade than realize the aim
of this conference. as interpreted by the
peoples, would have to encounter the
objective criticism and dutiful resist
ance Of all who feel themselves RESPONSE
bic before the world public and coming
generations for a Just and durable re-
suit of these deliberations
Herr Bruening told the delegates that
In many countries especially in Ger
many, grave doubts against Geneva
have been uttered.
Praises Saturday Session.
"It is up to the positive work of this
conference to allay these doubts he
said. Nowhere in the world will there
be deeper satisfaction over such an
event than in Germany for the Ger
man people carry in their hearts an
honest will to peace"
He paid special tribute to the ex-
traordinary plenary session of last Sat-
urday, called to receive the petitions
and to listen to the unofficial repre-
sentatives of the peoples of the world.
1T wasn't merely an individual and
personal representation" he said at
wasn't groups of pacifistic dreamers,
but it was the organized millions of the
churches and labor, and especially and
significantly the women, who here gave
expression to their will-yes, their de-
mand."
Speaking as a former service man of
the World War himself, he warned that
eff our generation, the generation of
old combatants, fails to succeed in
erecting a bulwark against the recur-
renee of the catastrophe of the last war,
how are our successors to succeed. who
will feel the prevention of war as an
ideal, but not in the same direct per-
sonal manner as we who feel it to be
an unequivocal necessity and duty?"
He referred only by indirection. and
without mentioning names, to Presi-
dent Hoover, Andre Tardieu, French
spokesman, and Premier Mussolini, but
everybody understood the reference.
After his Introductory remarks on the
historic Importance of the disarmament
conference he cited President Hoover's
statement: World history is the story
of series of unsuccessful attempts to
secure peace by rivalry in ornaments
and in browbeating. International con-
fidence. however, cannot be based on
fear, but only on good will"
Here" he said: I'VE have an oppor-
tunity to completely re-establish con-
f1dence.'
Welcomed Mussolini's Offer.
He welcomed Premier Mussolinis
offer to reduce armaments to 10000
guns, provided no other nation retained
more.
Referring to M Tardieus proposal,
he said: Lets do away with the efforts
by this or that Interpretation of the
rules to secure for ourselves the pos
sibility of military expansion of power
and to take it away from others That
isn't the right way. That's the way to
make the conference fail and to per-
petuate the present unhappy condition
of an armed peace resting on equal
rights"
He made brief reference to repara-
tions:
THE economic distress of the world
at the present moment" he said,
''arises primarily from political pay
ments and exaggerated and unequal
ornaments"
He adjured the delegates to remem-
Der their obligation arising from the
of NJ