| Show M DEfiNES FRANGES POSITION I 4 At The Hague Peace Pence Conference v I It Will he One of Moderation v And Conciliation i 4 THE QUESTION OF ARMAMENTS bo b Willing 10 lo iI II U Hut fur furA A Concrete Iut l t tHo Ho Ht Unanimously I 1 f Juno Jun 7 Spanking in lii tu of oC deputies thin th I Foreign l Minister tN PIchon Frances Francos os position at UI Tue fhe puit Lt t conference conCer nce UK all on olle of or t moderation all conciliation M 1 Je c Soci Sod Socialist oUst alist who un Interpellation on 01 subject it I to 10 lie be ht the ho duty of If the thu ll republic to take tuIO i 11 n u In JI vur of tho the if oC t Armaments War ar was Wil wa Ei U ropo 1 down dowl the thU tl nr ird l the thu tir lF IfO f ruin ruinOUS ous ow and ald au were weri nr tind i could not l 1 Io o treated tre e with success 8 un UI 1 coull lens leIs eM the main problem was solved Bule He lie le I 1 that this ho bu accomplished either by proposing that each elch country 1 ry maintain I u a I U CU army 0 11 1 in proportion I to It Its I population or that each bu hO un us unsigned 11 signed a I maximum nu III sum fur for iii ii i t n expenditures In iii opening itis address 11 III Pichon lures u ii tribute lo to the Ih 1 11 I work of ot the pence condolence and then WOrl declared the tho approaching confer conCel enco en eo must iUt normally develop the work then begun The llie Importance of u this thib conference Is Increased by the cr number ot o countries represented he lie said sall and It would consider means of milking war vur Wil leas less evil ell III mote lulus iUleS tor fOl tho the transformation of into Inlo In time of war WI tin tilO rights of ot private properly aud 1111 the tho application tion of oC the lie principles principled of O a the Geneva convention lon to lo maritime warfare S Tho The In formulating It 11 US instructions to the French delegates delegate At M Pichon declared to Tho rho Hague 1 Intend to tl t allow al 0 I them fullest Ibert liberty of oC action confident that they would acton be bc actuated by II y the lofty prin principle 1111 ciple of substituting a IL policy of or peats Icae for mr one of oC It war var Tho The government the foreign minister continued hud had ur irge ed to force the question of ot compulsory arbitration it iti i n ked nothing better hottel arid and In as ILS 11 for br the I gretter limitation ot uC armaments the Iho United States Or Great rat and Spain Spall I hail lul announced their purpose to sub HUt submit sul i miL mit propositions to lo this end Tan rha French would willingly participate In 10 II thu the discussion hut but In order to arrive at nt any 11 result a n con concrete crete formula must bo hc unanimously formula hills not yet It adopted Such a 11 L hl I been found and nm unanimity al still stillI sti I further away Pi Prince luce von on the tho Germin Imperial chancellor had declared that would not par participate 1111 In II the discussion of or a n Clan tol which in lii his opinion might al oh almost 11 most be IH classed as IS dangerous approved unanimously The rIle chamber the tho ministers declaration FRANCE D t Perhaps none 1010 nOIl oC or tho ll great European turner with the tho possible exception of ot Ii Italy taly 1 will viii wi enter The File Hague conference more embarrassed than thon France A re regime r ghoUl gime of pence IB IH essential for far the tie so 60 solution solution lution of oC O the tw greatest economic c und and problems her statesmen are nrc undertaking to 10 HOO solve HOIe at nl home Yet Yot In iii 11 her h r relation to 10 foreign powers fowers France I hilts lias hUI lived Ivet for or years and still ll lives 1101 under Illel the tile haunting shadow oC of oCher oCher her hel mighty German neighbor Almost every Frenchman feels eels vague vaguely ly I hut but surely urel that some ome time timo Franco will wi again have to confront Germany GormalY on oh thu Ihu battlefield The memory of the 01 situation preceding the Alge ciras Is still fresh In II the minds I I 1115 of oC those hioe I conducting UC t lug tin thin govern government ment they Iho feel Ceel that to 10 II aggressively Ively champion III anything I n g In tho direction 1110 d tion lol of o It reduction or 0 limitation of oC ar armaments 11 would be Ie to ShOW Iho a It I weakness Unit might encourage her hI old foe toe to to 10 a lesser lester ex cx extent extent tent the government must reckon with witha wih n a I certain revengeful and militant spir spirit it Ii In iii Il her hur people which manifests Itself Ihl In Iii keeping fresh forever on the tho statutes of u the lost provinces of n Alsace Ilse A nud 1111 Lorraine mid never gets Gels tired tred of talking of or revenge HEn Hut HIlt above all 11 tuft the French government must UI COl Hiler the t lIe International obligations I hi I uhe he has haM contracted with wih foreign powers power her alliance with wih and II her 1101 of lIt I ententes with England Italy a and Spain which are now to be ho supplemented ted with wih wi th a n similar sl 01 I alliance till lance with Im Japan Jo Pall The rIme alliance a II ice of o entered cot oreil Into 1110 I originally oll to 10 I o protect P her hOl from time the of Germany and since lwe extended In II the of oC peace have now niI Ull IV made her 11 a 1 member 1 of oC 4 f an al I 1 1111 i Ic na I combination which hm he h In II a It en ug ot of nations as ni will wi meet wl at ut II Tho The Hague Ingue I divest her Imor of If lC freedom of action Ill 01 Site She Is I naturally lInt 11 tIVI I I ly compelled coal to 10 commit tile tle wishes oC of IC her hel allies und and friends as us u a u private man Is 15 forced to 10 take Into con consideration ul the hit views I of or his bk partners anil NItI business I And A 1 ut at present t tt the thi t he conti oiling I mg and 1111 a ml dominating ii IIII ti mig Mid ri t of o till the combination to III II which France be he belongs longs Is III II aim 1118 and policies are arc Irl likely to tu be lie 1 moot 1011 largely hUlly re whenever the members of if time the can 11 reach reUh u t common tildo ludo t uton ItOI the larger Ir Isun ut at The fhe Hague And Auth fur for week and aULl an months London has beon bioti In iii II exchange wih vf hi the thu of or U f Pa mis and her hll other with wih u I view of ot preventing a I I united front upon the Ile Pi ii attitude on an Oi the lbs 1 hint ii ml C tl 10 Immunity ot of lt 1111 private vate mIC ll at aL seu sva the thu tl convention lo to loto totO to II bo be 0 elaborated m 1 warfare WI ICa Il j including I dl ng the he Ih I rights t w of Ir neutrals raIn con can tUI the Ihl 10 II 1 liU tilt himi and a I iii lout hi ig Qt vf I iii etc ci I C upon the Ihl pro I grain arc If therefore deter dotor 1111 I Ii I by iY h the Ihl I Lw of vf hose t ex ei eJ t l out I I I possibly lit Ihl toll IkI Ii I Franci ira I iC il n will 11 I be ilL un U 0 I l III I 1111 I O thu exi eX nt lit IC till Ihl principle of ot I arbitration lun 1 a possible the th I eha HI I of lt I C i such luch an jUl ul at atI I Involves iii For lr mr hi 11 r tes will wil mip IU fur the thet PUrl Mirt uny Iny tul II t l l ot iii II I t lit Ii ii n ii Till I Iu uv i i II tImid by h I I u It 1 I tribunal I t Ii composed of or such jurists a awill I ui 1 will wil lift It It IL above a lu if if f 11 1 I 1 mid II I id Ihu I 11 I I lire re Iho hi Ihl I conil con ii i of lr 1 1111 I it is i ut who v d v to 1 1111 11 It I II I lut h III tile th good that mum re ren rei I n i suIt nult from frol n ii huer of Ir IC the therill lit rill of Ir war sar lr mm 1111 the lime Ile il t f kut i rim during 1 Lii t I I 1 mi p Mir w r the tie t lit 10 ci hId Ill l S of t VIA I i i hil ive Ih I hi 10 TH ers 11 1101 of or a U i IM rm in in nt lit Tho Vime 11 and 1011 Iii nf ut t Iii Ih IC If 1 I H M h in I IM I Ih II nott worl 1011 for fil tin II r I hI nhi which the Iho i ir f I i i a 1 i ICh In lit 11 i timers IH Is i peL T i muon Hi Ihal a 11 n II I ih mh Iw way WU I iii il I of nt niK i or I limitation of CAI ram IP II 1 n u n c 11 The rho he Ji J I II tOO S li Ic H oh A must Inevitably trop crop out nut nt Rt The Tho Hague create the tilL distinct Impression here that reull America freo crucial moment nt ot every eer cr of oC European suspicion Is likely to bo be hI role rolo of oC peace peacemaker peacemaker turned to to enact the ture of oC maker I LOIt n affairs who heads the French foreign delegation may tony wil cut a big figure JUI ns us an ait Individual conciliator He I Ic Is II a friend almost the tb entente which ot of the keystone of ot seems at nt present Frances foreign fore I policy hut but ho he Is also an nn ILl advocate of oC an nn rapprochement JC with erman and In the the event ot oe a clash much lUtich Is expected of him hll |
