MR HENDERSON'S VIEWS

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 21050, 29 December 1933, Page 9

MR HENDERSON'S VIEWS

Bold Policy Urged MAKING TREATY OBLIGATIONS EFFECTIVE Ic.sj.tkd I'l.bss association—nv electuic Tiii.KGP.-U'U—curißiGirr.) (Received December 28, 10.15 p.m.) LONDON, December 28. Mr Arthur Henderson, president of the Disarmament Conference, in an article in the "Nineteenth Century," discusses the possibility of a world agreement which would strengthen national security and improve political relationships. He says: "Great Britain should not reject any constructive proposals for strengthening the League of Nations, but should welcome any suggestions to secure the permanent co-operation of the United States and the Soviet with the league. "The primary need is a bold policy to make existing treaty obligations a reality. A policy of scrapping the collective peace system is impossible. The system must be made to work. If we refused to take risks and make sacrifices in the interests of peace we should not be practising safety first, but moving towards Armageddon. . , "The basic risk we must take is in regard to armaments. If a new race in armaments began, it would overshadow the possibility of a breakdown in the collective peace system. Bigger armaments will not give peace; therefore it is only commonsense, even at the present late hour, to seek a progressive reduction in armaments."