Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-05-19 | Page 1 | Agreement on Arms Reached

AGREEMENT ON ONAR AR ARMS S REACHED Conference of Nations Only Can Limit Peace Armament GENEVA May lIay Uy H-Dy 19 By The As- As As Associated Press Only Press Only peace time armaments an be bo limited by an any conference ot of o nations This pro pro- provision pro provision vision Ision agreement nas as aas reach reached ell at tollay's today's session of ot the be preparatory disarmament commission which de- de de It was was Impracticable at atthe atthe atthe the present pre ent moment to think ot of o re- re reducing re reducing the ultimate war strength of countries In ratifying this conclusion the commission agreed to a significant reservation by M Paul PauI of france This was to the affect that when the subcommittee frames reames th exact formula It must recognize that estimated reductions In peace peacetime peacetime time estimated armaments should take toko Into account the military economic and geographical factors upon which the tho time power depends and also the rapidity with which assistance could be afforded to a state It If at- at attacked at attacked tacked Thus the tho admIssion Is made atthe atthe at the very outset or of the tho Geneva de- de deliberations deliberations liberations that reduction of ot arma arma- arma- arma armaments armaments armaments ments Is nn an e exceedingly complicated ed cd problem which cannot be solved In terms of ot numbers of ot troops and guns