VIEWS AND REVIEWS

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 96, 20 October 1933, Page 9

VIEWS AND REVIEWS

MINISTERS MEETING

STRIVING FOR PEACE

United Press Association—By Electric Teto

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LONDON, October 19. Cabinet sat for two hours and a half to decide its next step on the disarmament question, which must, if possible, be taken in full agreement with the other Powers. Ministers will meet again when diplomatic exchanges with Paris, Washington, and Konie have been completed. The Prime Minister (Mr. J. B. Mac Donald) warned his colleagues to be prepared to meet at short notice. The German Press continues its attack on Sir John Simon, but the British Cabinet is of the unanimous opinion that he acted throughout strictly in accordance with the Government's instructions.

Lord Heading, at a dinner of the English-speaking Union, said that it was no use mincing matters. The world was faced with a grave crisis, but all nations were striving for peace. They must accept from the German Government's pronouncements that its peaceful intentions were sincere. In that case there should be no insuperable difficulty in arriving at some conclusion. He said that it was unbelievable that any nation in the world would enter a war if it knew America, the British Empire, and. he hoped, other nations, would bo banded together.