CAUSES FOR ARMAMENT
REMOVAL POLICY
LIBERAL LEADER'S QUERIES
(•Received February 18, 2 p.m.)
LONDON, February 17.
In ljiis speech in the defence debate Sir Archibald Sinclair said that they faced the possibility of a triple attack against* the Empire in the Far East and in the 'Mediterranean and a knock-out blow at the heart of the Empire. "Wo are entitled to know," he said, "whether the Government's policy" is collective; security, a military alliance, or isolation. The vast expenditure on armaments iinust force up prices, and the Government should satisfy us that it is taking effective measures to make these armaments unnecessary."
Enunciating a policy of removing the causes for armament, Sir- Archibald Sinclair urged the Government to strive for-the abolition of quotas and Imperial preference and the restoration of the open dioor in the colonial Empire. He also urged the pppointment of commissions to investigate the grievances of dissatisfied nations.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 41, 18 February 1937, Page 10
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