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Show DISARMAMENT PLANS BRING JAP PROTEST I OPIUI TRADE I NEW TOPIC AT I GENEVA MEET I Committee Proposes to Briny About Disarmament by j Three Stages M PLAN PROPAGANDA TO MOULD YOUNG MINDS Holland Accepts Invitation to Send Troops to Vilna j During Election m GENEl V. De. t i (Bj the I -ax-latrxl PreBS.) Japan can- j not reduce her armaments a- long as the I'nited Staters Ifl in- creasing in-r Vlsoouui Klkujlro f ihii of the Japanese delegation de tared at a meeting of the armament- committee thi- afternoon, I . in n tin- question f di-annn- ' men I WAS under dl-i ussion. GENEVA, Dec. 11. (By the ASBO- ! ciated Press.) Disarmament in three H stages Is the substance of the recom- H ' mendation the committee on arma- H 1 mcnts of the league of nations assem- bly will make to the assembly as the jH result of its deliberations. i The first ."tag-- would be marked bv J Ian agreement among the powers to i make no further Increases in arma- Th second stage of the recommend- e,i procedure Is a gradual reduction in H armaments. H The third stage would bo that "' ! general complete dlsarmamen . 1 ep IH ' insofar as arms were needed for pOllCl IM purposes. M. Doret, delegate frODQ Haiti, succeeded in securing the adop- tion by the committee this morning of H an amendment providing that iht IH nl the league Inaugurate a Mj propaganda campaign for "disarma- ?HH1 I mcnt minds," as he put it, meaning HHj i the preparation of the younger gen- jHHj oration for the new order of things HH I by proper education in the schools. H OPIUM TRAFFIC TOPIC Committee of the- assembly of the HHj j league of nations were called into HHe , session this morning, and tho meeting HHj of the assembly was deferred until jHH j 4 o'clock today. It was anticipated HH tn.ii w ni-n ine assemniy met Decision h i would be reached as to the manner HH I of choosing rtn- four elective members H 1 of the council of the league. H It has beeh decided by the com mis- ' slon on technical organizations lo H send the United States a special in- MH vitallon to name a member of the uv tern itlohal advisory committee, which HHj am i : . i j 1 1 , quest 1 o n B qarry out provisions relating to tin HH opium traffic, which were embodied I in the Versailles' HHj I U ( I AIM l I I i; I Members of the international court H committee have found what they hope ; to be a solution of tho jurisdiction problem that will satisfy those who have objected to this feature of tho H I proposed International court. They have inserted a clause in the pro- HH j posed plan which would provide that BB State which is desirous of an ar- HH rangt mcnt bj which an offended na- H . tion may cite an offender before tho HH tribunal may signify ta acccptancu HH f of the provision for obligatory Juris- HH ! diction. The clause would further stipulate that this obligatory Jurlsdn - lion would become reciprocally bind- ing upon all those natiuns which sig- alt) their acceptance. This is far from meeting the on- glnal demands of some" states, but hope is expressed that the cxamQji furnished by the first nations tu ac- BHj oept the Clause will be a moral foreo BHV Strong enough to obligate others tu follow a similar course. HOJLL Mi i i EP1 s acceptanci bj Holland Of the Invitation Of the league of na- Hons to contribute a portion of the BHj i military for..- in ieni bj thi lea ;w H ' to the Vilna district, for the plebla-cite plebla-cite there was announced today, The aqppetance is sunjoct to the passage ot , in.- i mtch fl j parliament. HjH Poland has ?ent a note to Iho couu- cil Of the leaguo renuesting that tin BHj I fortress and fortified .one of Qondo SBJ . h. . xcluded from the VilnS plebiscite BVJ i RILE TO REM 1. SANTIAOO. Chile. Dec. 10 Chili .HSj will maintain her membership in the HH leaguo of nations, in conformity with oHwJ the well defined pollcv under which jH ,she entered it. '"although recognising IWH at the same time as do the other na- BjsH tions which form the league the high motives which have served as a basi? BHj for the proposals formulated by Ar- MHV gentlna in the assembly." said a state Iment issued by the ministry of foreign BBJ BB The announcement followed an an- BBs nouncement of the foreign relations BBJ coiumltices of the senate and the BBS chamber of deputies with Foreign Mln- Bl tlster Aldumate and President-elect BBJ Alessandrl nt which the retirement of BBJ ;the Argentine delegation from the as- BBJ isembly of the league was dlscusa i BB1 oo BBJ |