WORLD’S PEACE

Greymouth Evening Star, 4 June 1921, Page 5

WORLD’S PEACE

PRESIDENT’S PROMISE.

NO UNNECESSARY WAR.

Australian and N.Z. Cable

NEW YORK, June 2.

President Harding addressing the Graduated class at the Annapolis Naval Academy, said: “I hope you will never be called upon to draw the sword or fire a gun. I promise that while I am President you will never be called upon to do so, except when you can do it with the American conscience for which you can answer to God and your fellow men.” Sir E. Geddes, British Ambassador, speaking at the Centennial Celebrations of the Virginia University at Charlottesville, said that he laughed at the idea of war between the United States and Britain. He declared that “the continuance indefinitely in future of peace between our peoples is so obviously necessary lor our national lives, that 1 do not dream of the contingency of its rupture. I wish to see English, speaking peoples branded together for the leadership of all nations, as first step to era in which wars which even now are recognised to be futile will be unnecessary and done with forever."

ANGLO-JAP TREATY

AMERICAN ENCOURAGEM ENT

NEW YORK, June 2.

The “World's” Washington correspondent learns that America will not oppose but may tacitly encourage the renewal the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, the Administration believing it is in accordance with American policy, considering the alliance wilß be a bulwark against Bolshevism in Eastern Asia.

MR. HOLLAND’S CONTENTION

SYDNEY, June 3

Air. 11. E. Holland, ALL’., replying to the New Zealand Welfare Leagues published criticism of his statements says: ‘‘lf the Anglo-Japanese Treaty is renewed, under it in any wai declared between Japan and any other country, Britain and her Dominions will be pledged under conflict on the side of Japan.” The editor of the “Daily Telegraph" in -a, footnote states': Air. Holk.nd is quite wrong, as the treaty clearly stipulates against any such obligation.

DISARAIAAIENT

LONDON, June 2

The. “Tines” correspondent at Washington says that the recent admission'in the-highest quarters that a promise given io lay disarmament proposals before the Supreme Council had been kept is leading to the conviction that the action is first step m a po - icy. President Harding hopes it will lead to a new association of nations Tho sponsors of this idea belieie tia the Council will ultimately reach an agreement concerning disarmament, after which the smaller nations will be called in the association then formed President Harding in this way hopes to make a practical test of international cooperation free from ro.nnn - mimts and obligations '"'"’g' 1 Covenant of the League 01 Nations.