Abstract

The Secret International

The peace societies have been trying against extraordinary odds to uncover a few facts about the activities of the munitions ring. A few months ago some of this information was published by the Union of Democratic Control in London under the title, "The Secret International." But the peace societies find themselves blocked at almost every turn. Even the League of Nations has had little or no success in getting a true picture of the operations of the munitions industry. Four years ago the League Assembly set up a commission to draft a convention providing for international supervision of the traffic in arms. As a preliminary step the commission debated the question of whether it should ask the member governments to publish periodical reports concerning armament manufacturing in their countries.