Show DISARMAMENT CAUSE GIVEN CIVEN BIG What If China Asks Full Ratio l tib it of Capital Capital Capital- 7 Ships nv BY IJU RE nr On One ot of the ll o t of Prance Franco Copyright 1127 1 27 By The Consoli- Consoli Consolidated dat dated Press d-Press Press s Association PARIS rAnIS March Develop 26 26 Develop Development ment ments this thia week between Italy and Jugo Slavia have hav been ex- ex ex extremely Interesting from several viewpoInts vIewpoint Ita Italy Indeed sought on a larger seal scale to use u o toward Albania the diplomatic methods employed by bytho bythe bythe the tho United In Nicaragua and Panama But Dut Italy l Is not yet the dominant power In Europe and nd Albania Is Ls not quite so BO neg- neg as s the little litti Central Amer Amer- AmerIcan Amerlean American ican lean republic Finally there thero Is I no Monroe doctrine forbidding the the there re ret t of tho the world to have Ine Its say nay On the th contrary there thero is a formal treaty whereby tho the powers K Albania Independence and are entitled to judge whether Italian Intervention Inter Is necessary W lt RECALLED Last February the writer called attention In these dispatches to the danger to the world of Italy's encircling policy toward Juco slavia ln whose role 1010 In this case re- re re that of Mexico and to the dangers Inherent In the treaty trealy ot of Tirana Events alas confirm the tears fools then expressed Had troops troop landed on the oilier side otho of ot tho ho tho Adriatic there thero would lave ave vc been an reat Imminent or of orwAr wAr at the thic very ery moment momen when was Geneva Gene was strIvIng to l ria nation lions For or the moment the great treat pow pow- powers powers power ers er seem to be unanimous Cl- Cl al though Gr Great at BritaIn's Britain Is I singular singular- singularly ly ly chanced ed since ince tho the Chamber Chamber- conference Clumsy by tn the league of ot na n has been boon avoided and antI Jugo- Jugo Juso proposal to await the ro- ro re results suits of ot an orderly Inquiry has boen adopted Naturally Rose Rosa asserts the In- In InQuiry inquiry In Inquiry will prove nothing because It will be too late but meantime growing disgust with the Italian strong arm methods Is felt everywhere The Euro Euro- I pe n chancelleries have hav had time timeto timeto timeto to strengthen their determination on that war shall shall- not again break breakout breakout out In 11 Europe ITALY IY Obviously Ob It is only fair fail t lr to add that modern Italy Is smothered Its narrow frontiers par par- particularly sInce America to permit pel immigration Italy needs room to expand e exactly as aa Ica lea 1 needs heeds canal connections be- be between be between tween l tho the Atlantic and Iud tlc Pacific But these problems which Amer Amer- AmerIca America ica lea solves b by tremendous finan- finan financIal financial cIal aId granted to na- na nations na nation tion can hardly bo be soh ed In Europe by mere intro I for force e They can an be suited soh-ed only by hy opera co-opera- cooperation co tion economic abandonment of ot hat I Ind and nd rivalry The magnificent dIsarmament plans of Lord Cecil Paul and Coolidge soulI fouM avail nothing If EurOpe Fur po could over night be 10 drenched In blood National l l must mutt bo be din l dl armed und antI this Is possible only If every particular conflict Is made everybody's business Limitation of mere mer material armaments I Is reduced to an al ab- ab absurdity b by liy Chinas China's solemn demand at Geneva that China ChIno bo be permit permitted ted tel to arm In the same am proportions pro I 01 tiOna as a other nation na dod and to dl- dl de develop her aerial and aud naval forces What a 0 colossal Jest It IC China 0 a Jew few year yer hence should attend some Bomo oine Washington disarmament conference and pointing to her 1111 gigantic population should de- de demand demand de demand mand II a ratio of 10 20 capital shIps hips against the 3 5 ratio now allow allow- allowed allowed allowed ed the time principal maritime powe powers |