LATE GABLES.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 281, 25 November 1921, Page 2

LATE GABLES.

ASSISTING GERMANY.

WHEN SHE SHOWS GOOD FAITH ATTITUDE OF THE FOWEBS, U:y Cable.-Press Association.-CopjrishU . i;<.<-eiv<xi 2.30 p.m.) LONDON". N'ovembrr 24. i ureon, Rpeakin" at the dahrton Street Hotel, where he was entertained at lundhcon W the. United Services t;iiib, taid that'the .<te-ps taken in Washington marked a great and netablc stride forward in tii« moral progresß of mankind. It. was useless to reduce naval armaments if the nations still [ contemplated n<Mumula.tin« vast land i armaments. 1 f ftauiue adoipbed an i«tola4,«*l individual policy of own, she \vo-ul<l not in ttic long run injure Germany, ajid would fa-U to ptoteet he*»J*lf. France's real sense (A protenfcion arose, not from the value af her soldiers, great as it. wai; not from the strength or her a-nnies: not even XrOm the inexhaustible spirit of her people «,r the justice of her cause. It arose from the fa«t that, tile cohetienee and conibtnod iphy»ieal forces of tJii' world, including the great I'owfers of Europe ftntl America, would not tolefate the reappearance in the heart of Europe of a ff rea t and dangerous iPowot rattling the sword m its Scabbard and becoming a menauc to the world. We wouhl only convert Germany into a peaceful nlemWr of the Kiiropean International tV>urt if the great Power*; combined, liOt mefely to enforce the Treaty, but to make it elea-r that no pojicy wf retaliation or revenge would be tolerated, and showing nese to aarist Germany to play Tier jwist, provided she gave evidence of sincerity and pjod fnlfch. As long as Britain, France, and Italy 'hold together, he was hopeful m attaining tbia result.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.)