Even A Total And Universal Disarmament Does

Time And Time Again We Have Experienced Efforts Directed Toward This Popular And Simple Concept Of Securing Peace By Means Of Disarmament.

Limitation Of Armaments In Itself Is Economically And Financially Important Quite Apart From Security.

The Popular, And One May Say Naive, Idea Is That Peace Can Be Secured By Disarmament And That Disarmament Must Therefore Precede The Attainment Of Absolute Security And Lasting Peace.

Armaments Are Necessary - Or Are Maintained On The Pretext Of Necessity - Because Of A Real Or An Imagined Danger Of War.

The Present Level Of Armaments Could Be Taken As The Starting Point. It Could Be Stipulated In An International Treaty That These Armaments Should Be Simultaneously And Uniformly Reduced By A Certain Proportion In All Countries.