FOR DISARMAMENT

Feilding Star, Volume 6, Issue 1911, 23 May 1928, Page 5

FOR DISARMAMENT

BRITAIN’S ATTITUDE PEACE-INftPTRED POT/I(T (Aust. and N.Z. Cable). London, May 22. Premier Baldiwn. acknowledged a 'petition containing 100,000 si.guature asking aceP])tanee of the I9U) standard of disarmament at a basis for general -disarmament, wrote to ihe National Council for the Pre volition of War slating that msbitenance of peacci and ihe prevention of war inspired the. whofc foreign policy of the Government. He imped still further to reduce armaments through common notion and agreement will' other nations. “If Britain alone proceeded to further disarm,” he. said, “there is no guarantee that others would follow her example l , and no British Government dure run this riek. i‘ would make her a. prey to hostile forces, excite cupidity and hostile indentions, ,and. encourage •instead of prevent war. Furihor disarmimenfcarv steps must, be the resell' of combined action of a'J, ! the countries. The Government will cooperate in. work of this nature, hut it is impossible lo pledge in advances that any given standard of disarmament will be accepted.