WORLD PEACE.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18507, 8 October 1925, Page 9

WORLD PEACE.

DEMILITARISED ZONES. PARLIAMENTARIANS' RECOIVDIENDATIONS. ~»! CASUS—FB ESS ASSOCIATION—COrCRIGHT ) U'.ECTrs's TE LEG HAMS.} /Received October 7th, J..", p.m.) WASHINGTON, October 7. Tho Inter-Parliamentary Union Confereucc to-day placed on record a resolution in support of tho establishment of demilitarised zones between nations, and in favour of treaties between nations represented for tho creation of non-miiitary zones, and for tho genera! reduction of world armament?. General E. L. Spears (Great Britain) submitted this plau for eliminating the risk of war, the proposal being the establishment i.t" :i zone between neijrhbouring nations in which no troops or .furtificaiion should be permitted, and across which no armed force might pass. He cited the successful examples oi! Lite demilitarised zone, the ideal agreement, between Britain and the United States regarding the protection of the American-Canadian border, and that reaehedv in .1905 between Norway and Sweden. The League of Nations furnished the instrument by which it would bo possible to guarantee a strip of territory, General Spears asserted that the problems of Europe were not,as far removed from those of the Pacific, as tho mileage indicated. Mr Thomas Johnson 1 (Irish Free State) withdrew his motion that 'the Union go on record as favouriug an agreement permitting a Dominion possession m the Empire to remain neutral in the event of the Imperial Government becoming involved in war. He substituted a suggestion, which .the Uuion accepted, that the motion bo kept in mind as a subject warranting future consideration. Mr Fasanoko Mayeda (Japan), after tolling the Couferenco that tho nation wished to join hands with other countries in tho prosecution of any project calculated to promote world peace, said: "So long as armaments are kept in their present state, I am afraid there will be no durable peace." PLEA FOR TOLERANCE. i PRESIDENTvCOOLIDGE ON ARMAMENTS. (HJStrrEß's isleosaus.) NEW YORK, October 6. President Coolidge, addressing the Americau Legion Convention at Omaha, Nebraska, to-day, sounded a warning that tho world is facing more destructive wars unless a universal spirit of toleration is croated. Tho President said that he was a "thorough believer in a policy of ado- . quate military preparation," adding that tho real question was whether spending more mouey to inako a better military force.. wo aid make a/better