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Opening. At Geneva, 39 members of the League of Nations and 4 nonmembers* inquired into the question of controlling traffic in arms and other munitions of war. Count Henri Carton de Wiart, President of the Conference, pointed out in his opening speech that "control" was meant in the French sense of the word (surveillance) and not in the English sense of authority. Much confusion became, nevertheless, rapidly manifest...
...refrain from using poisonous gases against one another. (Prof. Haldane remarks: "Of course they will use such humane weapons as bayonets, shells and incendiary bombs.") The Washington Conference did nothing to deter the nations from buying gases in preparation for war. That is left to the League Conference at Geneva...
...Geneva met the representatives of 42 nations to propose, discuss, pass or reject resolutions framed to control the international traffic in arms and other munitions...
...from New York on the S. S. George Washington, the members of the tour will disembark at Cherbourg on July 16, where a special train will meet and convey them to Paris for two days of sightseeing in Paris and on the battlefields. From Paris they will journey to Geneva and thence to Mentrens. Milan and Genay three days will be spent in Rome, after which they will visit Venice, Lagano Lacerate intertaken, and Eurich Staffcart, Heidlbetg, Mayence, and Cologne will next be visited, after which the expedition will go through Holland and reach, London on August 15. Remaining...
...Assigned to duty at the forthcoming Geneva Arms Conference...