Show POSTPONING OF ARf ARMS S PARLEY NO TRAGEDY This Is 3 View lIe Gives Summary of Situation By B A U Pointer French ln tt the d f C HIlal 1 l i lt tu lie l E r 1 2 by The fhe Consoli Consoli- Consolidated dated Irua iresa As Association A o I PARIS Jan tan 30 Premier 30 ind Bri-ind nd and Austen ChamberlaIn 1 trench French and ll British foreign mm- mm have hate a agreed reed that I It will wilt be Impossible to hold tho I Jt on 01 Ie Feb February b 16 10 as a and und have ha without fixing a adata date for tor th the Many persons pers ns wilt b tic IJ- disappointed disappointed pointed pointed- at this hi turn ot or but haw people havo hato tiny idea Ideo a as lo to what Ihl Ibis much ot much talked talked-ot I In is to be l T 1 Moat people the tho con con- conference conference con ference will wU decide on Oft a 11 program ot of armament limitation but that thatIs thatis thatIs Is not the tha case Its till title Is pre committee and d the tho Only anly purpose ot of It Is to ta not nol solUtions Jut hut mere definitions I That Is I t ta b be sure Eure but It Is theoretical and riot pot practical CES I What Whal Is la tho ho purpose ct Cf con con- convening con tho the preparatory commit commit- committee committee tee tOo It Is to 10 o reconcile the French nd French and British conceptions conception o of what whal armaments and monts ments mean The Thes These twi t nations differ fundamentally In Iii their un- un understanding un of ot these l As A the people of at o tin thu United States arc are deeply in ln the disarmament Question It Is I worth worthwhile worthwhile while to explain tiles thes lies difficulties Taking security Itt sf The Brit Brit Brit- British ish Ishi believe bellev that security will wilt be by while the French and i a majority of ot the theother theother other s maintain that dis- dis disarmament disarmament dis disarmament armament can come como only after arter security Is established by y means ot of definite guarantees concernIng arbitrations 8 etc He An attempt has ha been to 10 mask thIs dl disagreement by b equivocal texts but It still WAit vAlt lUTE LS 1 What are arc The Tho French maintain that rot r-ol only actual visible armaments must be betaken betaken taken Into account but also what Is ailed war potentials potential meaning that the tho war wr power ot of ti a given bo be bo- bo by bythe bythe the human material resources ot of tl a that country for tor mobilisation Before Detoro the th last war this ques ques- question ques- ques question question tion was solved solve by alliance but since alliances have havo been cn l abol-l atol- atol hed France Is left In a b a state or of manifest Interiority inferiority from this The Tho British h hOwever r certain purely formal corio con refuse o to lo follow the tho French on thIs thi point Finally hero Is dis disaccord accord on thin the th DI oC of die die- dis disarmament armament Tho lr propose International control ii us IS tho the only sure burn way of o dis disarmament armament They hold that with with- without without without out such BU lon woUld benefit nobody except nn- nn na nations of ot bad faith Lord Robert nobert Cecil seems s ml con converted con con- converted converted to this view but neither the British government go nor the British public pu accept It nor do they agree with th the French that the sum um total ot of the tho armaments of each nation should be taken Into account Including la al as aswell veil as us land forces STiLt STILL FAK FAlt AlI AWAY VitY These are the definitions which must bo be agreed upon b fore any useful work can bo ho It is recalled that these same questions hay have brined the subject of ot continual dl disputes over ever peace was signed sl Jt will willbe willbe that the tho be plain to Jy goat oal Is still sUIi far tar away When Indeed the writer Hiter care care- carefully carefully fully tully examined recent Geneva doc doe document documents today tollay to get material for tor this resume he t eme to hearn bearn hear bear hearIn In n every line the cho eho of those hi his historic tone torla debates debate presided pre Id d over oer by President Wilson seven eTen years year ago when the covenant ot of tho the League ot of Nations Vo nas ns as drafted Tho Thu same ame old difficulties arise and not one ot of th thim m apparently ha has been eliminated In seven en years ot of wrangling Keeping this In mind may save o a us us Frenchmen from rash hopes hope and cruel cruet cruel disappointments disappointments |