WORLD CONFERENCE

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 132, 2 December 1930, Page 11

WORLD CONFERENCE

BRITAIN GIVES A LEAD

WILL OTHEES FOLLOW 2

(British Official Wirciesa.) KUGBY, 30th November. The Foreign Secretary, Mr. Arthur Henderson, speaking at Cardiff yesterday, referred to the situation- regarding disarmament. Under the terms of the General Act of Arbitration which, lie indicated, the Government was accepting, every dispute would be referred to an impartial tribunal. Ho added: "As a result of the discussions at tho Imperial Conference we may now hope that all self-governing Dominions will act with us in taking this new and far-reaching step. The British Commonwealth' having given a lead in this great matter, other Powers, I am certain, will follow their example. We shall then have made another great step forward tosvard the completion of our system of safeguarding against war." On world disarmament the Government was also in complete accord with tho Dominions. Tho Preparatory Commission on Disarmament at Geneva had been, making very satisfactory progress, and he could not appraise too highly the work of Lord Cecil. MANPOWER AND MATERIAL. Air. Henderson continued: "Plainly we must have some limitation of manpower to bo maintained if the Treaty conies into operation. We must have some limitatipn of material. We must havo publicity so tftat we know what the Governments are doing. We must have some sort of supervision and control by an impartial League of Nations Commission whose task shall be to ensure that the limits included in the Disarmament Treaty are not infringed or exceeded in any way. "After tho first five years the Disarmament Treaty will be subject to revision, and if the experience of the first five years shows that the Treaty needs improvement, we shall be in a happy position to set a,bout making that improvement. "When we have the work of the Preparatory Commission completed we hope that before many months there will be a fixed disarmament conference representing the whole world.