"IF SHE IS, IT WON'T BE IN MY DAY OR YOURS"

RUMORS OF GERMAN FAILURE TO DISARM CALLED NONSENSE BY BRITISH OFFICIAL

Berlin, Germany (JFK+50) On October 30, 1921, the Sunday Star published a front page story reporting that the chief British member of the disarmament commission has called rumors that Germany has invented 'a host of gargantuan war machines' pure nonsense.

The unnamed British officer said...

"If she is, it won't be in my day or yours."

and added...

"Wild tales concerning Germany's failure to disarm...and new...death-dealing inventions are...due to the...products of ignorance."

JFK+50 NOTE

German rearmament, carried out between WWI & WWII, was in violation of the Treaty of Versailles.  It was primarily covert operations during the 1920s, but when the Nazis came to power in 1933, rearmament was enlarged and more aggressive. 

SOURCE

"Talk Of New German War Plans Called Pure Nonsense By British," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., October 30, 1921, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/ 

   

 

Coat of Arms of Germany

"FIRST MEETING OF DISARMAMENT COMMISSION"

HARDING DISARMAMENT ASSURED SUPPORT OF LEAGUE

Paris (JFK+50) On July 16, 1921, President Warren G. Harding's "international conference on disarmament...was assured of the support of the League of Nations."

This development came at the first meeting of the disarmament commission held in Luxembourg Palace.  Chairing the League of Nations commission was Rene Viviani* of France who said...

"We have not been surprised that the Chief Executive of the great American nation...has so often stressed the subject of disarmament."

*Jean Raphael Rene Viviani (1863-1925) was born in Sidi Bel Abbes, French Algeria & served as prime minister of France during the first year of WWI.

SOURCE

"League Backs Harding Call To Disarming," by Wilbur Forrest, The New York Tribune, July 17, 1921, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/ 

   

 

Rene Viviani

Bibliotheque nationale de France

1912