The Archive · 1930

Draft Disarmament Convention

Permanent Commission to Watch. Execution: Mixed Views on Poison Gas Geneva, Dee. 2

'By ten votes against the two of Germany and the Soviet Union the preparatory disarmament confer ence to-day rejected the German' motion demanding a ban on certain Kinds of heavy' field armaments such as heavy artillery and tanks. 'Among the speakers for the ma. jority was the Greek delegate, M. Politis who' argued that fearful weapons must be kept for it would do to let people believe that the;

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