WORLD PEACE

Grey River Argus, 24 April 1937, Page 10

WORLD PEACE

Geo. Lansbury GOING TO SEE. MUSSOLINI. LONDON, April 23. Mr Geo. Lansbury, M.P., former Leader of the British Parliamentary Labour Party, is now going to Rome for a peace talk with Signor Mussolini. MR LANSBURY HOPEFUL. RUGBY, April 22. Mr George Lansbury, who arrived back in England from Berlin, said he did not want to be too optimistic, but he had begun to feel an inner l conviction that the catastrophe of war could yet be averted. Peoples of the world were living on the edge of a precipice, but at least he could say he had not met anyone in the last five days who did not want peace, and a supreme effort to prevent a man-made world catastrophe. Mr Baldwin, in the Commons, said the Government was willing to participate in a world conference, provided there was adequate preparation and a likelihood of success.

I Norman Davis, who is visiting London, informed Mr Roosevelt that the moment was unpropitious for contemplating an international conference. Mr Davis strongly pointed out that any attempt to reach a general agreement on economic and armament questions would be premature and doomed to. failure. Mr Davis has now cancelled his intended visit to the Disarmament Conference Bureau meeting at Geneva, because he feels it would serve no useful purpose. His Majesty’s Government considers itself fully bound by the provisions of the Paris (Kellogg) Pact for the renunciation of war, Mr Eden informed the house of Commons in reply to a question. Tie told the House that he Hoped to make a statement soon on the position of Belgium in relation to her provisional obligations under the Locarno Pact of March 19, 193 G. MR NASH’S OPINION. LONDON. April 22. The Berlin correspondent of the Australian Associated Press states that leading men asked Mr Nash for his views on the international situation. Mr Nash said that if Germany showed she was disposed to use her regained freedom to collaborate in the maintenance of peace, the world would be on her side, but if she did not, the outlook was dark indeed.