Every Success In Limiting Armaments Is A

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

The Relationship Of The Two Problems Is Rather The Reverse. To A Great Extent Disarmament Is Dependent On Guarantees Of Peace. Security Comes First And Disarmament Second.

Lightly Armed Nations Can Move Toward War Just As Easily As Those Which Are Armed To The Teeth, And They Will Do So If The Usual Causes Of War Are Not Removed.

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.

Let Us Assume That The Ideal Were Reached; Let Us Imagine A State Of International Life In Which The Danger Of War No Longer Exists. Then No One Would Dare To Demand A Penny For Obviously Completely Superfluous Armaments.