Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-09-04 | Page 22 | League Council Gives Attention to Conference

S COUNCIL COUNCILS TG lIES a N NITO ITO S CONFERENCE I. I I nt f 11 Disarmament Parley to Fore S rr in In fl Discussions CommitS Commit Commit- S 7 r tee Chosen to Modify ArS Article Ar Ar- rPt L S tide X of C Covenant CovenantS venant S t 1 4 j- j GENEVA GENE G NE A Sept 3 B By the Associated Thc Tho J The extent to which the theS S Washington 1 Washington In November i I 1 V the attention of or those pary par- par y- y In tho the work of or the league of ot 4 L x nations was demonstrated toda today during durIn discussion dl on disarmament an and 1 amend- amend J j J ments to the tho covenant co while hope of ot S s satisfying t the thc United States on mantes man- man tes was reflected In the c councils council's un ll's conS consideration con con- S or the American rop reply to lo the tho tr ti principal pow powers rS on that hat question 1 The note was not officially before the tho I l council but the representatives of ot I I Great Britain l France Japan n and Italy J Yo the text of ot the note and after alter re- re tho the main features all agre agreed 1 is j progress had been made toward to settle settle- S ment meat n rh Tho Washington n conference was re referred re- re 5 f to b by M. M French delegato delto del del- ato to th tho amendments commission lon who held that revision of tho the pact should bo be discussed In Washington I with f-with the representatives ot of the tho United States States before anything should shoud be done to prejudice the he question The co coun- coun n- n f K r-icil r however decided to proceed to consider con- con 41 h sider alder amendments TO MODIFY ARTICLE X o h. h The council rejected the tho Canadian 0 o o. proposition w to eliminate Article X and andS S adopted 1 a suggestion by A. A J. J Balfour u ui J I of t England to appoint a 3 committee to draft texts modifying the article to re remove remove re- re move the obligation lion of members to participate In military action to guarantee guar guar- antee anteo the territory of ot other members S 'S S Sir Cecil J. J B. B Hurst England M. M 5 P France and Professor J. J A A. Van- Van Hamel Harne Holland were selected for the committee ro- ro o. o The i The discussion o of oC disarmament disarmament- also aso R I r reflected the sentiment of several members mem- mem I u bers bels not to participate in iti any action In S. S advance d anco of the Washington conference H H. A. A L. L Fisher British m member led e 1 the JJ immediate liate opposition to tho the dem demand nd for tor application of some measures of publicity publicity pub pub- such as were proposed at the asA as- as A last year relating relating- to the tho dis- dis 11 closure losure of f their armaments by the thea va various va- va arlous rious nations T. The ne disarmament commission decided i n km r t ed d to recommend lo to the as assembly that an nn international congress on omi private 5 5 manufacture and traffic in arms be held It also decided to recommend I that all an nations be bo asked to furnish 1 T statistics ta of or their armaments II EFFORTS PARALLEL fl fI I Advocates o action action by tho the lea league ue contended that work begun t i now might bo be useful at tho the Washington I i conference and that in ao any event the I It object of ot the Ute league and tho the purpose pf the Washington conference bein being the efforts could do no harm 5 J same parallel 5 J The commission left et It for tor tho the assembly asIt as- as It either to fix fb the date of or tho the in international In- In f conference on arms or ort ort t t ie leave ve it open to be decided by the bl 11 council 01 Objection was raised that the countries countries coun coun- tries might refuse to give information I. I regarding arm armaments ments but It was pointed point point- 1 ed out that the covenant co provides that members exchange e this Information 5 The action of tho the commission is redl re regarded re- re 4 dl 1 In Jn league ue circles as a great ent step stepIn II 4 In advance ance and approval al of tho the commissions commission's com corn missions mission's recommendation b by the tho as assembly assembly fiS- fiS Is forecast A questionnaire re tobo to S. S bo be sent to the nations asked for the figures of oC the armament budgets of ot 1913 13 and 1921 with tho strength th o of the armies in proportion to populations as aswell aswell well wen as details on armament