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...House of Lords a debate was held on Lord Gorell's motion to have Britain join the U. S. in call-ing an international conference on air armament limitation. The debate was, however, interrupted by the Marquis of Salisbury, Lord President of the Council, who informed the House that, although the Govern-ment was desirous of cooperating with other countries, the discussion of air armaments was politically iinexpedient on account of the state of affairs on the continent. The motion was negatived without division...
...Premier Baldwin last week announced an addition of 34 squadrons to the Royal Air Force, and an increase in the air appropriations amounting ultimately to ?5,500,000 annually. Coupled with this announcement was the hope that an agreement might be arrived at with otther Governments to limit aerial armament on lines similar to those proposed at the Washington Arms Conference...
...between two countries such as France and England virtually means suicide. A few bombing planes can destroy an entire city. No corner of the combatant countries is safe from attack and defense is virtually impossible. To save modern civilization, the avoidance of aerial warfare, not the folly of competitive armament, should be the object of governments. Mr. Wells is a practical man, in spite of many fancies...
...mark cannot come back to normal value for generations", said Mr. John Mez, correspondent of the Frankfurter Zeitung at the Washington Conference on Armament and a member of the faculty at the University of Heidelberg, when interviewed recently on the economic condition of Germany by a CRIMSON reporter. "The paper mark is held at its present value only by the deposit of one billion gold marks in the Reichsbank. If Germany should have to pay that out, the paper mark would indeed become worthless, like a Russian ruble. If this gold backing is kept in the bank, the mark will...
According to the Washington Armament Treaty there was some ambiguity as to whether the angles of guns could legitimately be changed. When it was believed that the British were doing so, no objection was made here, but when the British Government issued an official denial, question was raised by Congressmen and others of our right to alter our guns...