United States Thinking of Calling a Meeting If Europe Fails London, Aug. 20.
The papers give prominence to Mr, Kelloge's speech at Plattsburgh] on the Geneva preliminary arms] conference, and reciprocate the expressions of good-will The "Morning Post" quotes Mr. Kellogg as saying that competition in armaments leads to mutual distrust and fear. Tt adds that, in other words, distrust and fear lead competition in armaments, The joining Post" says it is the other way round. Therefore, the inducement to erence armaments must be removed by means of an amicable agreement, which, it points out, is sued in the Baikal it declares, the deliberations of the Sub-Committee of the disarmament committee deplorable differences of opinion, The "Chronicle" says it is evident} thirt Mr. Kellogg wished to combat, the obstructionism of certain Continental Powers by the weapon of publicity. The "Chronicle" hopes that Britain will help hin in the matter—Reuter.
New York, Aug. 20.
"United States to call' own parley] on arms if Geneva fails" la th headline in the "New York World" fon a despatch from a special correspondent.
President Coolidge's camp correspondent claims that the President} intends to proceed with further naval limitations whether the League} of Nations is successful or not.
He states that Mr. Kellogg hinted at this in his Platteburgh speech, The writer claims that ment of President Coolidge' tions is the first concrete inform: tion since the inception of the! League discussions, and that the President has merely had in abeyance his own disarmament programme, which he is ready to revive if the League wavers—Reuter, Gapan in Sympathy Tokyo, Aug. 21.
It is understood that the Government highly approves of alr. Kel-fogo's speech at Plattsburgh, hich he expressed the opinion that Fegional agreements were best for regulating land armaments but practical for limiting naval con The speech is taken to mean that President Coolidge expects to call a Naval Disarmament Conference in the event of the failure of thie Geneva Conference.
Oficial civeles never anticipated that the Geneva Conference would be successful.
As it is, however, political observers believe that the coming: Diet will be dissolved, after which there will be a general election under the new Suffrage Law, whereby it ts estimated 9,000,000 news voters. wil participate.
Japan's attitude towards disarmed ment will possibly alter if a new Government, other than Kenseikai, is installed—Reuter,
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