* * * * Disarmament
On Tuesday at Geneva the Report of the Disarmament Committee was laid before the full Assembly. In a hot debate those nations which were disarmed by Treaty naturally pressed for better proofs of the determination of the Allies to disarm themselves, and in particular demanded a fixed date for the meeting of the Disarmament Conference. Lord Cecil who wound up the debate, tried to reconcile all the various arguments by saying that there should be no order of precedence, for arbitra- tion, sacurity and disarmament were of equal importance. Something had been done for arbitration by the Optional Clause ; something had been done for Security by Locarno ; and now the British Government felt that the turn of disarmament had come. The first part of the Report was carried, though' Germany, Austria, And Hungary did not vote. This unsatisfying conclusion conies almost immediately after the disappointing break- down of the Naval, negotiations between France and
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