DISARMAMENT PLAN

Northern Advocate, 29 October 1932, Page 9

DISARMAMENT PLAN

M. HERRIOT’S CHIEF POINTS GENERAL CONSCRIPTION. MR MACDONALD ASSAILED. ' “NAME CAUSES SHUDDERING.” (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received 1.30 p.m.) PARIS, October 28. An attack launched on the British Prime Minister, Mr Ramsay MacDonald, and a retort by M. Herriot,, enlivened the disarmament debate in the Chamber of Deputies, in ■which.' general conscription and of the Reichswehr were disclosed as the salient points of M. Harriot's plan. ' • M, Bullion declared that he shuddered at the name MacDonald. Prance would be under the German yoke ii she depended upon him alone. H< tried desperately in 1914 to .prevent Great Britain from taking part in the war, and continued his political activities in war times.

M. Herriot stigmatised M. Bullion’s remarks as unjust and imprudent, and increasing the difficulties of " international negotiations if allowed l to go on uncontradicted. Answering M. Leo Blum, M. Herriot denied that General Weygand delayed the disarmament plan. ... M. Blum advocated progressive disarmament as the only means of preventing Germany from rearming, load* ing in an armament race which, would ' end eventually in war. He added that ■ the future of Europe- —peace or wartor decades was in M. Herrick's,; hands, and urged him to seize ;.tho last chance, and take the word of Ger- '., many, w'hich threatened to rearirt. v. only if general disarmament were.jfefused. ■'

M. Herriot reiterated his faith -in Locarno and in Britain’s signature thereto.

German Violations.

M. Bullion asserted that M. Herriot should not have propounded his plan, any more than M. Tardieu. Germany was not entitled to invoke Article .V of the Treaty, because she had yiolat- , r cd all her engagements. Britain and . America were doing their best to strengthen Germany. France had. been, , duped at Locarno and should not have gone to Lausanne. Inquiries should,, be made into German armaments be-, fore negotiations were continued...

M. Herriot said the German arma- .. ments plan originated with General .. von Seeckt and the General Staff, and provided for an army of shock troops, . recruited from soldiers of sis years’ service. M. Herriot added that France would accept a general organisation of reduc? ed short-time service for metropolitan, ;, land armies, providing all bodies not - in conformity therewith, for example., y the Reichwehr, were disbanded; and internationally regulated " : internal. " police forces, with the right of investigation as organised at, Locarno and completed by the European pact : of ; - mutual assistance, providing a.. force"" sufficient to suppress aggression; alsc. compulsory arbitration in all: disputes.' The United States should grant guarantees of security to members of the League and undertake to fulfil the obligations of Article XVI of the. Coy onant. He would ask the Chamber to .A. ratify the plan if it were adopted at Geneva. The scheme presented ho" ‘ danger to Prance, who would rally round her all the friends necessary. M. Herriot received an ovation on.;’

leaving the tribune,