DISARMAMENT
UNITED STATES PROPOSAL M. TARDJEU'S CRITICISM Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright, GENEVA, April 13. M. Tarclieu, continuing his criticism of the United States proposal to limit certain aggressive armaments, asked the commission if it thought that any nation which resorted to war, violating the Kellogg Pact, would not also utilise prohibited armaments. Then, looking straight at a German delegation, ho added; “Some of our friends invented the pocket battleship. .. Is it not possible that some day someone will invent a pocket gun?” ITALY’S SWEEPING PROPOSALS. GENEVA, April 13. (Received April 14, at 12.30 p.m.) Signor Grandi, at the Disarmament Conference, in associating himself with Mr Gibson’s proposal, swecpiugly proposed the immediate abolition of chemical and bacteriological warfare, the abolition of battleships, aeroplane carriers, and submarines by yearly percentages, in accordance > with the number of years fixed for abolition; also the abolition of bombing planes and heavy artillery by progressive diminution, beginning with the heaviest guns.
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Evening Star, Issue 21077, 14 April 1932, Page 9
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154DISARMAMENT Evening Star, Issue 21077, 14 April 1932, Page 9
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