CONTROL OF TRADE IN ARMS
o SIGNIFICANT STATEMENTS BRITISH AND AMERICAN VIKWS (BEJI'ISII OFFH IA I. W18E1.859.) RUGBY, November 14. Control of the traffic in armaments has been the subject of significant statements. The Prime Minister (Mi Ramsay Mac Donald), speaking at Southampton, declared that the British Government stood firmly in favour of control by license, and the international extension of that system. He added: "Wc are going to try to get that done at Geneva tus quickly as possible." In Washington. Mr Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, said it was the desire of the American Government to "pound out" various powers on the subject of their inclusion in an international agreement for the restriction and control of the traffic in armaments and munitions. The Prime Minister's speech was delivered in the constituency where he made his first parliamentary speech nearly 40 years ago. Several of his early supporters were present.
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21323, 16 November 1934, Page 11
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