Show ARMS MESSAGE CREATES PROFOUND IMPRESSION FRENCH POINT TO COOLIDGE PLAN FEATURE Object to Consecration Saxon of An Saxon Anglo Saxon lo-Saxon aval Predominance B By Dr GERVILLE REACHE E Copyright 1927 1937 Consolidated Press Association PARIS Feb The 12 12 The new American proposals tending to limit naval armament and espe espe- espe- espe especially especially ally to apply the tha restrictive ot of o the Washington agree agree- agreement agreement ment of 1922 1923 to all warships boa hII caused great emotion In Parts The French people quite agree about bout the principle ot of o armament limitation and would rather con con- construct construct con construct a single merchant vessel hut But President than han ten tn war of dent Coolidge's invitation is es- es especiallY es especially criticized because it con con- consee consecrates con consecrates secrates see raws th the predominance of ot An An- An Saxon glo-Saxon fleets over those of ot the whole world DOSE OF OP IMPERIALISM LIS 1 Thus it Is thought here that the he Washington idea is not aim sim simply ply pacific and humanitarian but hat it also contains a large larg dose ot of Imperialism The Tho Th best proof of that Is I that Franco France is tar far from having constructed the th contin contin- gents attributed attributed to her at the WashIngton conference while all the other powers headed beaded by the 1 States Great Britain and Ital Italy have spent tremendous sums developIng developIng- their navies and main main- maintainIng maintaining taming as well as 55 possible the rank which the Washington agree agree- agreement mont ment assigned to them Under th thi circumstances t France wonders wit JI Iler the tho American proposals do not emanate from naval rath- rath sr rath-sr r than from pacifist circles From tho the practical viewpoint he he b American n memorandum In Its preliminary statements takes a position just contrary to that up- up upheld upheld up upheld held by the tb French government at Geneva tor for the th last nine months All the th efforts ot of France and the tb other European continental powers tended to prove that land sea and air arma arma- armaments ments were interdependent and that It would be b Impossible to agree upon limitation of ot one ono type ot of armament without simultaneously simultaneously limiting the th other types Why should this end in a ft dead dead- deadlock deadlock deadlock lock It if the good faith ot of the powers Is sincere DISAGREEABLE DIS It were better bettu it if Washington would that the th mere mer thought ot naval armaments being judged by the league of ot nations on the I same footing tooting as land armies Js Is particularly disagreeable to a government caling little for tor real international justice It Is Js Indeed Cry scry easy for tor the stronger to propose that the th weak weak- weaker weaker weaker er remain as always alwa's at the tb same proportion of ot strength but sameI is I Inot I not still more natural that the weak should ask What Is going to ensure my say safety Paris appreciates at its just va value U the considerations made for tor torl l in the American memorandum memorandum dum durn but they are far tar front from The airplane and the th 1 sub sub- marin are tho the real re-al defensive arms ot of weak powers power So long as no i ohr system ot of protection tor for the v tm of the th great illusion led l at the th beginning ot of the c by Norman Angell Angel has come come about how bow can one on ask even ot of a pacific power that It take oft of f fits offit Its armor after having already abandoned l its offensive arms J OF OF POSITION Great Britain will insist on the immensity ot of her empire France will Insist on tIme tile danger ot of her position in the midst ot of three seas as well as a on the th menace by land front from her neighbors she will demand security guarantees which naval armament limitation 1 13 1 powerless to give After an almost universal war tsar w rIn warIn In which all the available forces oil tho the belligerent nations were used naval armament limitation can be b considered only a a sma small part of ot the th question ot of general dIsarmament It puts the cart be- be before before for be-for fore the tho horse an and l would forbid none t people to defend them them- them by 10 their own means In a where there would be r police nor justice This is Impossible Let the States Stales agree first to strengthen the Geneva tribunal to the creation of o which she contrib contrib- contributed contributed so much |