Geneva, Nov. 8
In the first trial of strength between the countries really and apparently in favour of disarmament, the German motion to limit the army and navy reserves was rojected at to-day's meeting of the preparatory disarmament commission. Of the 2 states represented in the commission Germany, the Soviet Union, Holland, Sweden, Norway, Canada and China supported the German motion while twelve states including France, Italy, Japan, Belgium, Turkey and Poland oppos fed it and thirteen states including Great Britain-and the United States sha tained from voting.
When the result was announced the German delegate made a short but strongly worded declaration to the effect that Germany considered this as a touchstone of this part of the draft-agreement on disarmament and. would consequently not take part in any further votes on the various amendments to this article.
The only speaker who in the course of the debate supports 1 the German viewpoint wax Soviet delegate The French, Japanese and Italian delegates all spoke in opposition. British delegate, Lord Robert Cecil, made a short speech in which he took up a neutral and disinterested position. In summing up the German standpoint in a remark Jspeech just before the di Count Bernstorff had declare: the disarmament lout the reserves it is not worth ink aod to sign it with, for to-d in a number of European states man is treated as a soldier from the cradle to the grave."—Trans-Ocean [Koo Min.
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