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Show Disarmament Troubles Loom Frarf'apan, Italy Will Be Difficult To Pull Into Line U. S.-British Understanding Is Most Hopeful Hope-ful Spot On Horizon; Cecil's Disarmament Disarma-ment Resolution May Make Trouble. GENEVA, Sept. 18 (UP) Even with the United States and Great Britain arriving at an understanding on cruiser limitation, official circles of the League of Nations were of the opinion today that giant breakers loomed in the path of general disarmament. Besides the difficulty the United States and Britain will have in inducing France, Italy and Japan to conform their naval needs to the Anglo-American program, league circles fear that the determination of France and Italy to have the five power conference held in Geneva as an integral part of the league's general disarmament program will in itself cre-tate cre-tate an amosphere Of dissension sufficient to imperil the success of the conference. ALmosphero Poisoned It was recalled that the squabble over the choice of the Hague as the scone of the recent reparations conference so poised the atmosphere atmos-phere in advance as nearly to wreck the negotiations from the start. Another obstacle toward a final understanding on arms was perceived per-ceived in Lord Cecil's disarmament resolution calling for a limitation of traned reserves and the creation of an international control to supervise su-pervise production of munitions and enforcement of any disarmament disarma-ment convention the league might conclude. While Lord Cecil's proposals wore regarded as a veritable basis of disnrmament, League of Nations officials were inclined to deplore 'heir introduction at this time. It was pjonted out he might have withheld his resolution until the five power conference had reached a succssful agrccmnt. In bringing rorth his proposals now, it was said, Lord Cecil violated vio-lated the understanding with Frsnce and Italy at the last session ses-sion of the League of Natons disarmament dis-armament commission when it was agreed that limtintion of trained reserves would not become a subject of discussion. At that session. United States and England withdrew their demands on trained esoves, and Fance. ltahly and Japan Ja-pan expressed extreme appreciation, apprecia-tion, decaring It would never be passible to abandon the system. |