Hugh Gibson (United States) rejected the Russian. scheme, the latter urging that the Preparatory Disarmament should continue its present work.
Referring to the proposal of the United States Secretary of State, Mr.'F. B, Kellogg, to outlaw war, Mr. Hugh Gibson emphasized that "[t is precisely on the grounds of sincerity, consistency and logic that my Government supports the idea of a multilateral pact renouncing war as an instrument of national policy and simultaneously finds itself unable to support drastic proposals for complete disarmament, which, we believe, are not calculated to achieve their avowed purpose The Soviet Bludgeon "My Government believes in the one project and disbelieves in the other. We believe that the idea behind the proposal for a pact renouncing war can be made effective an articulate expression of the almost universal will to peace, We. believe that such an expression would be more effective at present than any scheme, however drastic, abolishing weapons."
M. Jncquemyns (Belgium) said that the Soviet proposals resembled bludgeon rather than an olive branch, The scheme, he declared, was inspired by a hatred of eivilization, but a careful study of it might reveal a few points that could be retained.
M, Moroff (Bulgaria) said that it was impossible to apply the Soviet: scheme at present, Markovitch (Yugo-Slavia) declared that he regretted that there was not a single clement in the Russian scheme likely to advance the problem of disarmament, M, Politis (Greece) said that the scheme was incompatible with the Covenant of the League of Nations. He suggested the adjournment of the matier till the next session and expressed a hope for the continu-ice of the Soviet's ce-opcrati and the eventual entry of the Soviet into the League of Nations Reuter,
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