GENEVA CONFERENCE
NOTHING WITHOUT SECURITY
FRANCE STANDS FIRM
United Fre«3 -Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received May 24, 2 p.m.) , ■;...-' GENEVA, May 23. The Disarmament Conference overconies one obstacio only, to faeo another. M. Paul Boncour, reading a statement:'believed to ' emanato from the Premier, M. Daladicr, regarding Article- Twenty-two, declared that France Vrould never agree to the reduction'of tanks and mobile laud guna above a certain weight, while her claims regarding security and standardisation of armies were unfulfilled. The destruction of a surplus above a certain' weight would be tantamount to abdication of the League, which needed j all its weapons to punish any aggressor. Tt ia bolieved that Herr Nadolny,,inconsequence of this, is contemplating the possibility of Germany's ' withdrawing acquiescence in tho British Plan. ■ ■ ' ; • . blr John Simoii willattcmpt to reach an understanding with France. Tewfik Bushdi Bey asserted Turkey's right to equip the Dardanelles and.Bosphorus with fortifications and heavy guiis. . . A resolution to that effect has been circulated, but M. Paul Boncour contended that it would bo a dangerous precedent if the General Commission began revising treaties.'
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 120, 24 May 1933, Page 10
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176GENEVA CONFERENCE Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 120, 24 May 1933, Page 10
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