GERMAN RE-ARMAMENT ISSUE
BRITAIN'S POLICY STATED
HOUSE SUPPORTS GOVERNMENT
(British Official Wireless.) (Received May 3, noon.)
RUGBY, May 2.
The. eagerly-awaited debate on Foreign Affairs in the House of Commons tonight was notable ,for the firm declaration of British policy, by the Prime Minister, Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald. •■
"That policy," he declared, "combines defence and collective security with an international agreement upon armaments, and peace. It is not aimed at military alliances, but at the widest possible co-operation. .
"The present good understanding between France, Italy, and ourselves, we value, as a guarantee of peace. Every other nation will be welcomed in'this free companionship.
. "The outlook—l say this with great conviction and a. considerable intimacy of knowledge—-has chances of appeasement, as well as palpable dangers, and it is the.constant care of Britain to help on the chances, that must cqrhe from negotiated agreement, without disturbance toi the peace of Europe or of the world." ;
Mr. Mac Donald made an earnest plea for German co-operation in the maintenance :of peace and j,the limitation, of armaments, especially in the air. .
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 103, 3 May 1935, Page 7
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