Show ARMS PARLEY ALTERS PLANS Commission Directed By Viscount Cecil M Meets ets Attitude of U. U S. S Geneva The The preparatory commission commission commission commis commis- sion on disarmament at a private session session session ses ses- sion took steps to prevent the conference conference conference confer confer- ence from becoming a purely league of nations affairs With 1 a view to meeting the American Ameri Ameri- can attitude toward the conference Viscount Cecil the British delegate moved that two subcommittees of oC the commission be appointed to which all states are arc entitled to name One of these committees will handle military naval and air problems ms and the other will handle the general economic problem The original plan of or the league council was to turn over detailed disarmament disarmament dis dis- dis- dis armament studies Ies to league bodies to which countries such as the United States would be entitled to send representatives The United Unile States however informed inform inform- I ed the league that when it accepted the invitation to the conference e It did not accept any plan which would take matters out of the hands of the preparatory commission Tuesdays Tuesday's action Is felt to emphasize emphasize emphasize size the soverign character of the when the commission is not in session its problems will be bein bein bein in the hands of its own subcommittee and not In the hands of ot the league bodies I Senor Coriann of Spain has been appointed appointed ap ape ap- ap pointed chairman of the military subcommittee subcommittee subcommittee sub sub- committee and Senor Buero of Uruguay Uruguay Uru guay has been appointed chairman of the general economic subcommittee tee |