Show ARMS FRENCH ARMS PLAN LAN SEEN ASVERY ASVERY AS VERY COMPLEX Proposals Received However wey r With With- Great t Deal of df a W t fod UI o i Dr DAsso Associated f. f rc GENEVA Now NOll 15 French Fench French proposals proposaLs pro pro- pro for achieving disarmament arma nt and 4 security pr presented yesterday y erday to to th the world disarmament conference bureau bu bureau bureau bu bu- reau have been generally received with a grat deal of good goOdwill will but tl the e comment is widely videly heard that the plan is tremendously complex The American delegation here ap appears pears well disposed toward o ardth the French system espe especially beca because the Amer Americans leans believe it a a 3 basis for meeting German Germanys Germany's s 's ri arms ms equality de demand de mand a and getting Germany back into t the disarmament conference Resumption of of that conference with all powers represented is considered d an essential preliminary ry to the success s of the disarmament u undertaking When Baron van von Neurath the German Ger German German Ger Ger- man foreign minister comes comes comes' here forthe for for- forthe forthe the league of nations council meeting on Monday of next we week k strenuous efforts will be made by representatives tives of ot the other great powers powers' to reach some agreement nt on the issue of German equality The Italians have Informally ex expressed expressed expressed ex- ex pressed a degree of skepticism over over- the feasibility of some of ot the Fr French proposals notably that for the for the crea ri creation tion of f an international army under the control of ot the league and tha that for forthe the maintenance of war materials stocks under league league control Among the Germ Germans ns and quarters also there is a tendency to e emphasize the formidable nature o Continued On Pate Pare Two FRENCH ARMS PLAN SEEN ASVERY ASVERY AS ASVERY VERY COMPLEX Continued rom TrainS Pro Pare One several questions raised by the Frenc plan for tor example the procedure which would be necessary for con con- eluding the proposed con continental Un se security security se se- pacts the difficulties of re reorganizing re- re organizing national armies as proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed by France Erance rance and the questions question involved in supervision and md inspectIon tion of ot the special international troops troop and their equipment Up to now there has been no British Britis comment but Sir John Simon the foreign foreign for for- eign secretary is to speak at a conference con con con- ference bureau meeting tomorrow o or Thursday The French plan lan would line lne up all al nations including the United d States under a 3 pledge to abandon absolute neutrality in the event of war var This agreement is recited at the outset outset out out- I set et of ot the proposal in the form torm of a short hort pronged four-pronged chapter one one enunciating elating principles to be bo established for peace Thereafter follow four tour more chapters chap chap- each linked in with the wh whole le and all representing the French ide idea for disarmament parallel with ity The text of the plan runs wor words worThe The Hoover plan to cut all au armaments arma anna ments by third one w was especially espe espe- daily recognized recognize as a factor of th the French plan and the German demand demand de de- de- de mand for tor equality of armaments was wa given recognition within certain limits GENERAL AGREEMENT Here is the general agreement suggested suggested sug sug- CA A Any Ay war var undertaken In breach of the Paris Pari pact the he Briand Kellogg pact is a matter of interest to all al the powers and shall be regarded as a breach of the obligations assumed to toward toward toward to- to ward each of them tem B In the event of a breach or threat theat of breach of the Paris pact the said powers shall concert together as promptly as possible with wit a aview view to appealing to top public opi bUe-opi opinion ion ard and agreeing agree agree- agre- agre ing upon the steps to tobe to-be be taken C In application of the pact o of Paris Pari outlawing war any breach o of that pact shall involve the prohibition prohibition tion ton of ot direct or indirect economic or financial relations with the aggressor country The powers shall hal undertake to adopt the necessary measures to tomake tomake tomake make that prohibition immediately effective I D The said powers declare decare their determination not to recognize any situation staton brought about Inconsequence in inconsequence inconsequence consequence of at the te violation of an international undertaking S The he plan then would call dalI cal for application application ap ap- ap of ot the league of nations naton covenant especially article 16 applying apply apply- lug ing g to pooling of ot armies armIe This is i under chapter 2 which links in with wih chapter 1 with wih this thi phrase The The application of the principles laid down in the previous chapter will wi make it i possible to give full ful effect to the obligations devolving upon bers hers of the league of nations REGIONAL ACCORDS Chapter thee three provides special re regional regional re- re gional agreements for lor r mutual assist assistance aist- aist ance anc against any aggressor in the Eu European European Eu- Eu sphere phere Ts This involves reductions reductions tons in effectives and ad materials of war with a special allotment of troops and arms for the use us 01 of ct the league lease of nations in enforcing peace Other nations naton would have this obligation under uder the European Europea agreement The French government hopes that this thi European system will appear to the powers who will wI not belong to it to be of sufficiently great Importance from the point of view of at the consolidation con con- of pe peace ce for them to render its it application possible by agreeing for their part to give full ful effect to the guarantees arising out of the pacts by which they are arc already bound bound- the pact of Paris Pari or the covenant of the league of nations Without this acceptance the plan pla would be Impracticable The United States is i a signatory of the pact of Paris or Kellogg Kellogg-Briand Kellogg peace pact and of ot it Secretary of State Henry L. L Stimson said recently Consultation between the signatories signatories signa signa- tories tores of the te pact when faced with wit the threat threat- oi of its it violation becomes inevitable The Te third chapter alo also defined an act of aggression thus hus Wen When a territory under the authority of at one of the signatory powers is attacked or invaded by foreign forces force An aggression aggression aggression ag ag- ag- ag as thus thu defined defied cannot be ta taken taken ta- ta t- t ken to include certain cases ces such as the existence of an agreement to the contrary the case cae of self defense sel CL i L c. c the repulsing of armed forces which have entered by violence the territory of the state which is defending defendIng defend defend- ing itself Usel and acton action undertaken in execution of ot article 16 of the covenant nt of ot the league of at nations nations' or specially I authorized for any reason by the counci council coun coun- cil dil ci or assembly ot the league The memorandum accompanying the plan has this thi to say for the te German German Ger Ger- man demand for equality of armament armaments arma arma- meats ments ment While the French Frencl government nt t has objected to the conditions in which the claim for c equity equality of rights right has ha been put fora forwards Awhile it does not recognize the force force tt u the legal arguments rg ments ment on which this claim caim is i based and while it persists in the belief that any solution involving rearmament would be as being beig contrary contrary con con- ta to the very ver purpose of the conference conference con con- ference terence it has hs' hs never denied that the problem was ws among the political problems lems icing brought up before the confer confer- coner- coner ence The French rench plan Insisted that political po and military mitar questions interlocked inter inter- l locked throughout locked throughout and asserted their plan pla must be considered as a whole The Te technical features feature of ot the suggestion suggestion sug sug- geston which Is i designed to t achieve these teso general purposes are roughly 1 The Thc establishment In European countries of shor term short term defensive conscript armies aries SPECIAL FORCES 2 Special offensive forces which would be b placed under the tho direction of the league In emergencies 3 3 The Te establishment of stocks stock of powerful arms In certain localities in inthe inthe inthe the countries providing those tose stocks stoc which would be under the control of te the league leage and for the use of the league leage 4 4 A special Mediterranean naval pact and a general pact pact for for the suppression suppression sup sup- sion of offensive naval arms 5 The abolition of aerial bombardment bombardment bombard bombard- ment meat and od the te regulation of all al aircraft to prevent the use of bombardment the organization of European civil air civi ar transport under international European Euro supervision and a special specIa air force which would be placed at the disposition of the league for peace purposes As for insistence that disarmament and security must mut progress along parallel lines Jnes the memorandum said With Wih this conclusion is I connected another which on the occasion of the discussions aroused by President Hoovers Hoover's Hoo- Hoo yens ers proposals met with unanimous approval namely that the task tk which lies ies les before the conference consists in Increasing the te comparative powers of ofte the te defense though decreasing the power in i the attack atack |