Evening star., 1933-05-23
uI-Boncour Offers to Give
Up Offensive Materials for
Use to Defend Victims of
AttaCker.
COMPROMISE REACHED
ON ARMS PROCEDURE
Davis Leads Way to Agreement Of
Big Five to Consider War Sup.
plies, Armed Forces and Security
at Same Time at Geneva.
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
GENEVA, Switzerland, May %.
Foreign Minister Joseph Paul
Boncour announced to the Dis
armament Conference today that
France proposes to turn over
heavy material of war STYLED
offensive to the League of Ma
t1ons to be used against any
aggreSsor state.
Heavy guns and similar mate
rial could be put at the DISPOSE
tion OF a state which was the vic
Tim OF aggression, the French
minister said.
He declared France would not
accept reduction in ornaments
unless this reduction was accom-
panied by security and effective
control OF arms, including those
manufactured in private fac
tories.
Effects Compromise.
Norman H. Davis, American Ambas-
sador-at-large, succeeded TODAY in
averting serious clash by effectine
compromise at a secret parlev al
the big dve" OF the Disarmament Con.
ference
Meeting with representatives of Ger
many, Great Britain, France and italy.
ne obtained an agreement to discuss
armed forces. war material and security
against war simultaneously.
France was adamant that the se.
curity discussion should not be side.
tracked. Foreign Minister Paul-Bon-
cour said France was not disposed
70 agree to cut her army and DESTROY
war material until she was assured
that security would be real.
Conferred for Two Hours.
The political commission viii disc,,ss
security while the conference itself
tackles the question of disarmament
under the compromise effected by Mr..
Davis, who yesterday presented new
American views on the disarmament
question. interpreted by Geneva COM
mentators as spelling the end of the
American policy of isolation and neu-
trality in the event of war.
Mr.. Davis. Rudolf Nadolny of Ger
many, Sir John Simon of Britain,
Baron Pompeo Aloisi Of italy and M.
Paul-Boncour wrestled with the thorny
problem OF procedure at the hotel Of
Arthur Henderson, conference chair
man, while delegates of the smaller
countries represented on the Steering
Committee were impatient because of o
two-hour wait
The Little Entente-Czechoslo
Yugoslavia and Rumania--apparently
has decided to abandon the struggle
against Premier Mussolini's four-power
peace pact. But it will vigilantly watch
any move within the covenant Of the
League of Nations to bring about re-
vision Of the war treaties.
Pledge to Be Made Annex.
It was learned that the conference
political commission decided to incor-
porate Washington's contribution to
the organization of peace, as set forth
by Mr.. Davis yesterday, as an annex
to European security agreement.
Thus the Disarmament Convention
now being hammered out will register
the American pledge to consult with
the powers in the event Of war threat
and to refrain from any action preju-
dic1ng collective measures against an
aggressor nation.
The japanese, who are playing
silent but vigilant role on the sidelines
OF the Disarmament Conference were
wondering today whether Washington
had Toxic In mind when it defined an
aggresosr nation.
The defunct Geneva protocol labeled
as an aggressor that nation which re-
fused to arbitrate.
Washington suggested that an ag-
gressor is any country whose armed
forces are found on alien soil in viola
tion Of treaties.
Held Too Restrictive.
The Washington Characterization ap-
pealed to Genevas imagination. Some
disarmament delegations, notably the
Russian, found it too restrictive, how
ever.
The Russian delegates think there
should be other criteria should there
be declarations of war, blockades in
defiance Of treaties and air lombard
ment.
1t was pointed out here that the
American definition might apply to
the japanese incursions into China
proper, but in cases like the Gran
Chaco dispute, where Paraguay and
Bolivia both contend that the occupied
soil belongs to them, it was remarked
that the Washington doctrine is not
sufficiently embracing
Some delegates found the American
contribution to the organization Of
peace as too negative. but a great
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