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This article presents news including the discussed possible approaches to the disarmament negotiations in Geneva on March 14, 1962, a communication program that is part of the U.S. space program to connect the continents of the world in a network of telephone and television channels so that the entire world can watch live events as they happen, and a special tax that President John F. Kennedy has requested on cotton goods to offset the difference between the support price that U.S. mills pay for domestic raw cotton and the price paid by foreign mills for the same cotton.

Focuses on preparations for the holding of the Washington Conference on the Limitation of Armaments. Claim of the administration of U.S. President Warren Harding that it was ahead of Senator William Borah in proposing a "naval holiday," a temporary ban on the construction of warships; Foreign governments invited by Harding to discuss the situation in the Far East; Responses of the governments of Japan, Great Britain, France and Italy.

Reveals British public opinion ahead of the Washington Conference on the Limitation of Armaments. Concerns for future relations of the United States, Great Britain, Japan and China; Differences between Canada and Australia over the Anglo-Japanese alliance; Need to protect China's interests against Japanese designs.

Comments on the Washington Conference on the Limitation of Armaments. Significance for Europe and the United States; U.S. interest in land and naval armaments; Issues in Europe and the Far East to be tackled in the conference; Test of American good faith; Anglo-American cooperation; Creation of a Supreme Council for the Far East.

Presents the statement and report of activities of the New York Council for the Limitation of Armament in relation to the International Conference held in Washington. Gains from the conference; Gains in the Far East; Shanting Settlement; Failures of public opinion; Responsibility given to the press; Composition and task of the advisory committee; Formation of citizen groups; Outline of council activities.

Traces the development of the rules of warfare. Futility of the Catholic Church's bans on weapons innovations such as the cross-bow and the musket; Employment of submarine against merchant shipping; Practice of making regulations in peace time, when science and invention are busily preparing for the next war; Holding of the Washington Conference on the Limitation of Armaments.

Reveals Japanese public opinion ahead of the Washington Conference on the Limitation of Armaments. Criticism of Japanese actions in China; Claim that Japan is bent on a policy of "Asia for the Asiatics"; Opposition to the Anglo-Japanese alliance.

Reveals what France seeks to obtain from the Washington Conference on the Limitation of Armaments. Need to take her place as an equal among the great powers meeting in the U.S. capital; France's concerns for land disarmament and about developments in the Far East; Economic burden of maintaining a huge, idle army during peace time.

The article looks at U.S. politics and government, as of December 1929. It discusses problems facing U.S. President Herbert Hoover, citing what the author describes his weak leadership in the political debate over tariff legislation and opposition to his remarks about the World Court. It criticizes the administration's sending of a message to the Soviet and Chinese governments calling on them to abide by the Kellogg-Briand peace pact. It looks at the international naval conference planned for 1930 in London, England, discussing disagreements among England, France, and the U.S. over disarmament proposals to be considered there.

Comments on the holding of a disarmament conference in Washington D.C. Presents of expatriates and foreign visitors in the city; Establishment of colonies in the city; Experience of William Hard, a British resident, of living in the city; Obligations of the conference delegates and the people of the host city.

Comments on the implications for the gradual disintegration of the Disarmament Conference by members of the League of Nations. Efforts of the French government to retain permanent military supremacy; Citation of the success of France in avoiding any disarmament; Evaluation of the neutrality policy of the U.S. government.