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Show NATIONS REFUSE I TO DROP GUNS! League of Nations Progresses Little on Its Program of Disarmament WASHINGTON Sept 8. Dy the Associated 'ress i Informal investl-gatlon investl-gatlon nas been started hy the L'nlted States government of the progress be-Ir.g be-Ir.g BiadS by the nations of t lie world In th. movement for universal dls-ai dls-ai mament. Inasrnuch ns control of armaments j r. is mads one "f the subjects of the' 1 'ague oi nations the Inquiry Into the movement for universal disarmament developed, oft totals aald today, into an Investigation of the present statusi 'f th a present armament control ciuuscs oi the l igue of nations covs-j nant. , II ' . I I SI MM S IN.M MiV Without nasiiig taken up tne nialn I loblcni of a ruuical anl general dls-armament dls-armament of nations, tne league of; natloiiM. according to reports rccelcd today in official circles, nag begun the. Lrsjenlaatton of macnlners fr solmg the problem. Preliminary Investlca-tions Investlca-tions mil studies of the ieagu - have i.omi i.-ed and some subsldnuy. pnases ot the main problem such as lontrol of the rnanuiacture of munitions muni-tions ami of tne use oi gas in wariare, have already been dlecuesed with a view to osaohing a uimer.iwi agree -racnt. Organisation of the "advisory com-inlttsi com-inlttsi on military, nasal and air questions' ques-tions' a.s provided in the league covenant cove-nant for advising the council on the means for execution oi the armament iontrol clauses of the coentnt was mads by the league council, according 0 Official advices in Home. Mux 17. It mat time the question oi disarmament disarma-ment In Its broadest phase was not cnbidcrcd and It wua understood that It would not be considered by th"' cricue Immediately. Some of the smaller nations of thei ci.gue pressed very cugcrly but ain-l n: that time, according to the ad-1 rices, for the taking of steps looking; o th application of the control lauses of Ihe covenant. In August the advisory committee' n military naval and air matters met ' Mth tin- league secretary at Sebas-j Ian, Spain wnero Its first aitenda was. ccording to official advices, as fol-ows: fol-ows: IJW DROP WEAPONS, ' Kin buru tlon of the regulations of' hp ie.ii.-ii.- as regards the military, na- ai and aerial loii and urniumentsi d states reguestins admission to thci 'ague, control of the traffic In arma- 0 nt '.nd munitions, use of poison gaai ii warfare." I As a result of the necessity of seek-1 i.r American co-operation. whether j nhln the league or without. In any ffeotaal program for the limitation of rtnamentS the official advices report-i report-i that eurly action on any scheme fori nlvereal dlearmnmsni was not to bej spOt led .i the s-nme time the clnsh-.g clnsh-.g of the nationalistic interests ofi lanj nations also was recognized as mporaril obstructing any plans for he Immediate l eduction of urniR-u-nls. AdVloea from Japan have Indicated not strong opposition exists there i gainst any limitation of armaments s It Is claimed thot Japan on account t her peculiar position Is entitled to R option by other nations from in ojrrnni for disarmaments. Inquiries om other sources have Indie 4ted an: ;i wllllnirness on the part of other na- ons to consent to reduce In any way lelr armaments short of the most uni-' crsai cO-operatlon of all other gov -I rn mcnts. |