Word: armament
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...Government gives as its opinion: "The conditions prevailing in different regions of the world are so varied and so many divergent factors are involved that constructive achievement in the matter of limitation of land armament appears to lie in the conclusion of regional agreements rather than in an effort to work out a general plan for limitation applicable to the whole world." (Obviously this lines up the U. S. with the British rather than the Latin viewpoint, and recalls the "Geneva Protocol" (TIME, Oct. 13, 1924, et seq.) by which the Latin nations hoped to "put teeth into the League...
...With respect to naval armament, it may be noted that, while a substantial part of the program presented to the Washington conference by the American Government was realized, no agreement was reached as to the limitation of competitive building of naval craft other than capital ships and aircraft carriers. The American Government would welcome any steps which might tend to the further limitation of competitive naval construction." (Widely interpreted last week as a hint at the Administration's reputed desire to hold another Washington conference for naval disarmament, while land disarmament is proceeded with at Geneva...
...Because Britain is afraid that France would renew her original intention (TIME, Dec. 21) of trying to make the conference consider every possible form of "invisible armament" (peacetime industries capable of being turned to war purposes, etc.) and so make the scope of the conference so broad that it would wallow hopelessly amid a maze of insoluble questions...
...Congress a request for an appropriation of $50,000 to enable U.S. representatives to attend a meeting preliminary to a Disarmament Conference to be called by the League of Nations (TIME, Jan. 4). He declared: "The general policy of this Government in favor of disarmament and limitation of armament cannot be emphasized too frequently. In accordance with that policy any measure having a tendency to bring about these results should receive our sympathy and support...
...That the U. S. would participate in such a conference only as regards limitation on naval armament, but not as regards reduction of armies, since the U. S. Army is already reduced to a skeleton...