DISARMAMENT.
RUSSIA AND BORDER STATES CONFER. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received December 4, 11.30 a.m.) MOSCOW, December 3. M. Litvinoff, opening the Disarmament Conference between Russia and the border Slates, read a declaration by the Russian Government expressing its readiness to reduce the army to 200.000, to dissolve irregular units, to limit war budgets on a reciprocal basis, and to neutralise the border zones. He added that it was impossible for Russia to reduce her navy. Prince Radzwill. head of the Polish delegation. who was also acting on behalf of Rumania, expressed a desire for a political agreement an a preliminary to the technical discussions. The Finnish. Esthonian and Latvian delegates expressed a similar desire. The Finnish and Esthonian representatives urged the serious consideration of naval disarmament. A conference was arranged to nomin
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16906, 4 December 1922, Page 7
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