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Volume XXXVII]
POLITICAL SCIENCE
QUARTERLY
THE LEAGUE'S DISARMAMENT ACTIVITIES-AND
THE WASHINGTON CONFERENCE
THE work of the League in promoting the cause of limi-
tation, reduction, and ultimate abolition of armaments,
except for police purposes, is based on provisions in
the Treaty of Versailles. The preamble of Part V-Military,
Naval and Air Clauses-reads:
In order to render possible the initiation of a general limi-
tation of the armaments of all nations, Germany undertakes
strictly to observe the military, naval and air clauses which
follow.
The menace of armaments to peace is recognized in Article 8
of the Covenant:
The Members of the League recognize that the maintenance of peace
requires the reduction of national armaments to the lowest point con-
sistent with national safety and the enforcement by common action of
international obligations.
The Council, taking account of the geographical situation and cir-
cumstances of each State, shall formulate plans for such reduction for
the consideration and action of the several Governments.
Such plans shall be subject to reconsideration and revision at least
every io years.
After these plans shall have been adopted by the several Govern-
ments, the limits of armaments therein fixed shall not be exceeded
without the concurrence of the Council.
The Members of the League agree that the manufacture by private
enterprise of munitions and implements of war is open to grave objec-
tions. The Council shall advise how the evil effects attendant upon
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March, 1922
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