FRANCE’S PREMIER

Feilding Star, Volume 7, Issue 2305, 6 September 1929, Page 5

FRANCE’S PREMIER

MAKES A GREAT SPEECH THE ENFORCEMENT OF PEACE (Aust. and N.Z« Cable) (Received Sept- 6, noon). Geneva, September 5. Premier sßrian.d eonehided what is described as*,One of the most remarkable speeches ever, delivered in the Assembly of the League of Nations and which he was Ireely applauded and finally given a great ovation. ✓ He said The Hague settlement had established pn of confidence, enabling the settlement of other problems. The League’s moral force had how Wen established. Since the Locarno conference war had been taken by (be throat and also pilloried'. Ho whs confident that an agreement would be reached on the problem of security and also on disarmament. As toon las an .Anglo-American : naval agreement had been reached he' was confident of an agreement between the other powers. Referring to th© optional clause, ho said Air AlaeDonald’s an nonneement that Britain was ready to sign was a very great event, over which we could not rejoice too much. TiE League, in addition to denouncing war as a hideous crime, must fulfil its obligations by abolishing it. The League should possess a secular arm, in order t° punish the crime of war. He added 1 that the optional clause must be follow- - cd by an arbitration treaty* France could sign such a treaty and ho pledge himself to make every effort i° secure its ratification.