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     These considerations all indicate that it is
 
more practical to seek the abolition of national arma-
 
ments and the substitution of international eelice forces
 
than to attempt the almost impossible task of finding
 
workable bases for limitation or reduction. In actual
 
fast many adherents of Group A accept the idea of the
 
abolition of national air forces and believe in the crea-
 
tion of international air forces.
 
     Proposals along these lines have received a
 
considerable measure of support even from quarters that
 
will not yet listen to suggestions for the international-
 
ization of land and sea forces.
 
     If, however, armies and navies remained on a
 
national basis, all the difficulties indicated above
 
would still bar the way to agreement for the limita-
 
tion or reduction of these forms of armaments.
 
     If no reduction of armies and navies can be
 
brought about, the nations will still have to bear the 
 
financial and economic burdens involved in competing 
 
armaments. This burden would prevent the economic and
 
social reconstruction which is so vital to the whole of
 
mankind.
 
     International forces could be organized either
 
upon a regional or a world basis. The discussion of 
 
which of these methods would be the more practical is 
 
reserved for a further paper.
 
A SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SETTLEMENT
 
       9. Group B considers that the post-war economic 
 
situation wlll demand fundamental changes in outlook if 
 
world revolution is to be avoided.
 
              At the end of the war of 1914-15 there was a 
marked growth of the demand from the lower social classes 
for a more equitable share of national incomes..
 
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