DISARMAMENT

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 149, 23 March 1928, Page 11

DISARMAMENT

RUSSIAN PROPOSALS

INSTRUCTIONS TO BRITISH REPRESENTATIVE CARRIED OUT WITH SKILL AND JUDGMENT BY Telegraph.—press association. Copyright. London, March 21. In the House of Commons, Sir Austen Chamberlain. Foreign Secretary, in answer to a question, said that the British representative at Geneva had been instructed to co-operate with bis colleagues in securing the fullest examination of the Russian disarmament proposals. Members would see by the newspapers that Lord Cushendun had carried out his instruction with skill and judgment. —A.P.A. and “Sun.’’ OUTLAWING WAR FRANCO-AMERICAN CONVERSATIONS AGREEMENT EXPECTED Paris, March 21. According to the “Matin” and the “Petit Parisian,” there is ground to believe that, as the result of the Geneva conversations, a way may be found by France to meet Mr. F. B. Kellogg, Secretary of State,_ in his wishes for a Franco-American war outlawry agreement, not infringing either the League Covenant or the Monroe Doctrine.—A.P.A. and “Sun.” UNIVERSAL DESIRE FOR PEACE MOST VITAL NEED THE SECURITY PROBLEM (Rec. March 22, 11.5 p.m.) Geneva, March 22. At a meeting of the Preparatory Disarmament Commission, Mr. Gibson, the United States representative, said he believed the idea behind the proposed pact renouncing war could be made effective ns an articulate expression of the almost universal will to peace. He believed such an expression would be more effective at present than any scheme of suppressing armaments. The United States believed that the most vital need of the moment was the creation of a universal desire for peace and confidence and the pacific settlement of disputes. If that could be established armaments would naturally decrease. Public opinion at present did not demand complete abolition of armaments. If it did so, no Government could resist. Altogether ten nations, including Sweden, Poland, and Belgium, supported the proposed pact. _ Lord Cushendun and M Sokol (Poland)' declared that the. abolition of armaments would never give the degree of security attainable by a system of pacific settlement of disputes. Mr. Hennings pointed out that armaments were onlv one of the many causes of international insecurity. INVITATION TO ENTER LEAGUE ACCEPTED BY SPAIN (Rec. March 22, 5.5 p.m.) London, March 22. A British United Press message from Madrid states that Cabinet has decided to accept the invitation to re,-enter the League of Nations.