The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-02-06
Recommends rs Per
Cent Disarmament
Definite Program Of Proposals
Laid Before Farley BY
Robert Cecil
FRENCH PLAN IS ATTACKED
Armament Limitation, Aboli-
ton Of Air and Chemical
Warfare Urged

Geneva, Feb. 6-(REViscount Rob-
ert Cecil, president OF the Interna-
tional Federation Of League Of Ma
lions societies and known as the
grand old man Of disarmament, "
laid before the disarmament confer
ence Saturday definite program OF
proposals included In which was q Is
per cent reduction Of world armament
expenses
The proposals also called for an In
crease In national security by the ex-
tension Of the League OF Nations
covenant and arbitration treaties
Decentralization Of aviation, and
prohibition Of chemical and bacteri-
illogical warfare.
I'VE lay down." he said, "tha:
equality In disarmament between the
victors and vanquished in the World
war should be recognized in principle
and that steps in that direction
should be taken by the present con-
ference.
Program In Three Parts
with this object, we make three
definite recommendations:
First, acceptance by all signatories
Of the disarmament treaty Of the
principle Of budgetry limitation. that
Is, limitation Of the amount spent
every year on ornaments by each
nation.
Second. We propose prohibition fos
all nations Of those kinds OF arma-
ment which now are forbidden to the
vanquished powers.
Third, we recommend the estab.
lishment Of the same system for In.
ternational supervision OF the arma.
ments Of all countries"
I'VE urge, on the naval side, that
there shall be built no more ships o.
more than 10000 ton size next We
desire the abolition Of submarines
as to land ornaments, we wish the
abolition Of tanks and largo land
guns.
IT the conference would agree to
the abolition of military aircraft 1t
would not only render offensive mill
tary operations more difficult but Il
would abolish what is surely most
barbarous form Of warfare, and
would, In one important respect
equalize the armament conditions OF
the vanquished and victorious powers
in the late war;"
Saturday the SO delegations were
plunged into heated arguments over
the merits Of the French govern
ment's plan to make the league q
world policeman, fully equipped to
keep the nations from fighting by
dint of force.
French Get Jump
Andrew Tardieu, French minister
Of war and head Of the French dele
cation to the conference, got the
Jump on the chiefs Of the delegations
Of other big powers by his unexpect-
ed move In proposing the information
al armed force and gained for France
unchallenged leadership in the con-
ference.
The italian delegation through an
unofficial spokesman, immediately
denounced the French plan as a pro-
posal for another armed state-"in-
deed q super-armed state" The Ger
mans and British could find in it no
word about disarmament, they said.
The Russian delegation scorned it
and called 1t means Of increasing
international insecurity. The Amer
lean delegation stood aloof.
Many veteran observers, however,
expressed the conviction this hostile
reaction is exactly what Premier La
val of France wanted. Attacks upon
the French plan, they said, should be
likely to drive the French left parties
into the arms Of the government and
strengthen the French nationalist de-
mand for an increase in national
means Of defense instead Of q reduc-
ton Of ornaments.