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That great, gentle mathematician War Minister Paul Painlevé asked a favor last week of his good friend Joseph Paul-Boncour, leader of the Right Wing Socialists, outstanding pacifist, fervent champion of the League of Nations before which he represented France in 1924-25. All that M. Painlevé asked of M. Paul-Boncour was that he would introduce and sponsor in the Chamber a bill proposing to spend 7,000,000 francs ($280,000) forthwith on armaments to protect the frontiers of France...
Carol Sued. Queen Marie's oldest son, the abdicated Crown Prince Carol of Rumania, was defended last week in Paris by potent Socialist barrister Paul Boncour against Mme. Zizi Lambrino, his former morganatic wife (TIME, March 15, 22), who began suit to establish the legitimacy of their son Mircea. By his consort, Princess Helene of Greece, Carol had subsequently another son, Prince Michel, now aged five, and heir apparent to the Rumanian throne...
...actual" weapons, while at the same time allowing full investigation of the Latin nations' insistent proposals that "potential" weapons be also considered. As everyone knows, these divergent views have been loudly and publicly aired for months (TIME, Dec. 21 et seq.) by Viscount Cecil (Britain) and M. Paul-Boncour (France...
Developments. M. Paul-Boncour (France) and Viscount Cecil (Britain) decorously renewed the argumentative contest over "potential" and "actual" disarmament which they voiced publicly at the December League Council session (TIME, Dec. 21). It was deemed prudent to thrash these differences out in committees, two of which were accordingly formed. Late despatches reported that the Japanese representative, Baron Matsudaira, was discussing privately with Mr. Gibson the possibility of another Washington naval conference...
These two opposing views, as everyone knows, were presented with the greatest energy by M. Paul-Boncour (France) and Viscount Cecil (Britain) when the Council of the League deliberated upon these questions and many another (TIME, Dec. 21). As a result, it was considered imperative that vital if quite academic preparations should be made before the Disarmament Conference itself should be convoked - if ever. The press of the world has unfortunately given the impression by its headlines that "disarming" is to be attempted at this preliminary and purely preparatory conference. Such is not the case...