Cologne, Jan. 9.
An international referendum om disarmament is being suggested by the well-known paper "Koelnisch¢ Zeitung" which is closely connected with the German People's Party, in a leading article under the heading "Appeal to the Nations directly", The paper proposes that Foreign Minister Curtius at the forthcoming seasioh of the League of Nations Council should move a corresponds ing proposal and press for the ape pointment of a Committee to con sider it and report thereon to the The paper insists that the diplomats and statesmen having faile ed to achieve practical results on the question of disarmament, the time lilies now arrived when the people must by-a plebiscite convince their governments of their wish to have he grim spectacle of war removed from the path of civilization, Tha Paper maintains that such action would have a certain measure of success in any event, because in case of failure those nations who are genuinely desirous of, disarmament would definitely Know those states which, for some reason or other wish to sabotage disarmament and are, therefore, averse from athing their people direetly.—Trans-Ocean Kuo "Min,
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