ARMAMENTS REDUCTION.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 250, 20 October 1921, Page 5

ARMAMENTS REDUCTION.

ANGLO-AMERICAN EFFORTS. THE PRESIDENT'S HOPE. DIMINISHING CAUSES OF WAR. J (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) ißereivcd 10.30 a.m.) I WASHINGTON. October 10. ] President Harding >ent a message to. King Oeorpe acknowledging with liefirt- j felt thanks tho Victoria Cross bestowed upon tlio unknown American soldier. lie' addrd: "I greatly prize this opportunity, ■ J and thank yon for your good wishes for i ! the success of the conference on the limi- j j tat ion of arnaments. 1 believe with you] ! that "British and American represent:].- j ! tires will cordially co-oporate, along with ' I other nation?, to bring about such an, j international understanding as will make i : possible a.nd desirable a reduction of the | : burden of armaments through diminish-1 i ing possible causes of war.' , — (A. and l X.Z. Cable.) | I BASED ON NECESSITIES. 1 ARMAMENTS OF THE NATIONS.! J JAP. VIEW OF LIMITATION.; (Received - p.nil NEW YORK, October 10. j The first contingent of the Japanese Armament Delation has arrived. Baron Kato, in a statement, said that it might : he utopian to hope that objectives of i the conference would be the absolute pro- J vention of war. but preat strides in that ; direction were possible through its j agencies. Every effort should be made j to make it impossible for a nation to j resort to arms for the advancement of its ambitions. Japan, the United Stales. and Britain, facing each other across j the Atlantic and the Pacific, should usr j the natural advantages of their island ! domains and possessions and the ocean highways not for the purpose of hostilities, but for the advancement of free j communication, and the interchange of j the fruits of civilisation. All anna- | ment should be based' on the bare | necessity of safety. The ultimate success of the conference would be assured only if this print 1 pie could be thoroughly digested by the nations. - POLICY OF FRANCE. M. BEIAND STANDS FOR PEACE. PARIS, October 19. The French Chamher of Deputies has reassembled. The PTirne Minister (M. Briand). in a statement on foreign policy, I declared that his aim was the mainton- ] ance of peace. He denied an assertion j that France's militarj' position had been j ill any way weakened. The mobilisation J of the 191!) class had filled gaps in the French forces. M. Briand declared that he would only go to the Washington Conference if the Chamber expressed confidence in his peace policy by v substantial majority. | If a powerful" minority disagreed, then others might carry out a policy which lie considered would be disastrous. — (A. and X.Z. Gable.) ITALY'S DELEGATION. ROME, October 10. It is amVsnced that the Marquis dclla Torretta (Foreign Minister) and Signor | Schanzer, who was one of Italy's repre- j sentatives at the League of Xations Assembly, have been appointed the principal Italian delegates to the Washington Conference. — (A. and X.Z. Cable.)