The Tariffs Conference at Geneva Just as in London, where
the French seem so satisfied with their own logic that they forget that the Naval Conference was summoned to translate into terms of naval disarmament the progress which has been made in the organization of peace, so in Geneva their spokesman at the Tariffs Conference has blandly produced a retro- grade plan. It is an obstruction to economic disarma- ment. M. Flandin has proposed that the existing commercial treaties of the several " fortified camps of medieval Europe " (in Lord D'Abernon's apt phrase) should be " stabilized," subject to alterations by agree- ment, while non-Protectionist States should agree not to raise their tariffs for a year as from April 1st. The British delegate is quietly insisting that other nations should not send representatives to Geneva to waste their time on any such April-fool suggestion. The omens for this Conference are no better than for the Conference in London. * * * *
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