ABOLITION OF ARMS

Grey River Argus, 23 March 1928, Page 5

ABOLITION OF ARMS

NOT DEMANDED By Public Opinion SAYS U.S. REPRESENTATIVE. (Received March 22 at 11.15 p.m.) GENEVA, March 22. At a meeting of the Preparatory Disarmament Commission, Mr Gibson, the United States representative, said he believed the idea behind the proposed Pact renouncing war ean be made effective ns an articulate expression of an almost universal will to peace. He believed such an expression would be more effective at present than any scheme of suppressing armaments. The United States believed that the most vital need of the moment was the creation of a. universal desire for peace, confidence and the pacific settlement of disputes. If .that could be established, armaments would naturally decrease. Public opinion at present did not demand the. complete abolition of armaments. If it did so, no Government could resist it. Al-| .together ten nations, including Swej den, Poland and Belgiuh, supported the proposed Pact. Lord Cushendun and M. Sokol defi Glared that tire abolitiotn of armamentj would never give the degree of secuif ity. attainablo by a system of paeilSl settlement of disputes. M. Henning' pointed out that arm! incuts were only one of tile niaif causes of international insecurity. J

Cushendun’s Tirade AGAINST RUSSIANS. J APPROVED BY LONDON, March 21 Tn Sir A. Chamjh’lain, in answer to a question, British representative at Geneva, h<i I een instructed to eo-operato witlius colleagues in securing the fulksaexamination of the Russian djsarmaf'nt proposals. They would see in Fho newspapers that Lord Cushendunhad carried out the instrudtiou withjklll an<] judgment. A FRANCO-AMEBIC AN TREA’Y? PARIS, Marchjpl. According to Le Matin and Parmen, there is ground to Jlieve that as the result of Geneva liversations, a way may be found for France to meet Mr Kellog’s fishes for Fran co-American war o>awry agreement, not infringing omj'ither the League Covenant or the Sonroe Doctrinie