WORLD PEACE
GERMANY'S SECURITY PROPOSALS CONSIDERED TOO VAGUE GENEVA, March 1. Germany’s suggestions for security occupied a two-hour sitting. When at length Herr Von Simson admitted that he regarded the proposals in the nature of a protocol which might bo open to signature by all the Powers, Lord Cushendun immediately opposed a fresh attempt to revive the idea of a universal treaty. Taking the epigram “ Almighty is the mother of misunderstanding ” as his text, ho said that the proposals were too vague, and he pointed out how impossible it would be to impose an armistice when one of the two nations concerned might be prepared to accept all the odium of being the aggressor. History taught them that an armistice could be effected only when both sides desired it.
The committee decided that the proposals should he submitted to the various Governments, and adjourned for two days.
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Evening Star, Issue 19805, 2 March 1928, Page 4
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147WORLD PEACE Evening Star, Issue 19805, 2 March 1928, Page 4
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