hee not already coavinced that the armament ters, their very nature, mut want war, miu take am active part in menting War and, when rar har come, mt employ te ergy and influences in frusating any’ movement Deace, then the evidence given In the flowing pages sho Serve 10 dispel sny Tingeing doubt on thee scores He 9 Dethaps, have reached that stage of elightenrent sen he Join with: President Roosevelt in declaring that "this tmenace fo the peace ofthe word [he mad tace of errnancat 4 doe in po tinall way to the uncontrolled activities of Uh ‘manufacturer of and merchaate i enyines of detect Throughout thelong period diring whieh Bolivia sd P fn the one and and Colombia and Peru on the other toring slong th path o open cont, and throughout the ensue hotles, BriGsh aad American srmamentananafacturess thelr weapons of slavghter ito the porte and areas of thee wanbappy lands, Never at any stage war thought given to th te {0 which thew weapons were being puts So long aa se cash as frthcoming or wellwcred cred term orange fhe teal continued ia an eversncestng volume, wich Produced an everiacreaing tale af bloodshed ae neces fulering. We have mentioned twa of the companies which ‘splot thee South Ameriean wars tothe full. Othes include E-I-Dupont de Nemours (which sold explosive indiscriminately to Colombia and Peru); the Remington Arm Company (which supplied both protagonists inthe Chaco war); Fedora Labore fories (which dispensed its favours to all and sundry); and Imperial Chemical Induseies (which concentrated. maialy- on Pera and Paraguay, meeting ll the- last-named cu cattrdge orden) git es othe vce of this canbe site fom ings of Commision seat out by the League of Nations in 1034 to investigate matters at fiat hand reported that The’ Commision “The armies engaged are using up-to-date materi plies, armoured ‘cars, fame prec * Suieen of March 1 app quicker gure ed autores, The ams and materials ae not manufactured aly but ae supplied to the belligerents by Aesetoan dad Inthe House of Commons on May 15, 1984 Mr. Benays dre the atcntion of Walter Runciman (then Present of the Bosra finde) to the Common’ report, which, he sid, cleaely inaplied that there might have been no war at all had these Peace ah eC will pres nore stg rer fr an inte freement to. probibit eh ll trac", Ta hs reply Mr, Runciman said i war obviowe hat Bit ths Kind witht se siniy not prepared fo accept any responsibility ey oe Rois Peveen Bolivia ad Parag This Miniter io rejected any responsibility for the Blonds Shed inthe Gran Chic, had actualy Heened the mle Boia g0,550 rounds of ammunition and six tanks, Between January, 1932, and March, rapa. In che same: period he Heensed the tle by ICL 6f 21,370,000 catidgest A plea for the imposition of an eatbargo on the shipment of arms to lvin and Parnguay was St pt tothe League Coun bby Mr. de Valer in hit sept as CHairman of the Cound of ‘Three on November 25, 932. He pofted out ehat=— ‘One of the olatacls to the suspension of hostilities would seem to be the fearon either ide of « possible rearmament tn the othe, As the two members concerned in this dispute fie not producers of arm, ammuiton, and. implemeats Star, any increase in thet belligerent strength depends on “Consignments rm aloed, The Committee therefore fee that the attention of the Governments should be directed to this To the relief of the armament salemen, de Valer's suggestion svas lee hanging fa the air ae several months were allowed to ‘lapse before a move definite embargo proposal wat aubmite.