24 MAY 1930, Page 2

M. Blum goes on to argue that France, as -the

principal victor in the War, has the moral obligation Of setting the example of disarmament. The question of trained reserves which M. Bluni frankly recognizes as one of the greatest obstacles to disarmament is to be discussed at the National Congress of the Socialist -Party at Bordeaux next month. We know, of course, 'that M. Blum does not speak even for all French Socialists, but he does represent a growing French 'Opinion. And this should be a warning to those peace- workers in this country who have proceeded on the assumption that the official French point of view is immutable and who have unconsciously been playing into the hands of the Quai D'Orsay, and, more 'particularly, the French General Staff.