PLANS OF DISARMAMENT

Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 27 September 1933, Page 5

PLANS OF DISARMAMENT

RECONCILIATION EFFORTS SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUNDS. PRELIMINARIES AT GENEVA. IMPORT OF BUDGET ASPECT. (United Prtas Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) LONDON, Sept. 25. The British representatives (Sir John Simon and Captain It. A. Eden), Baron Aloisi (Italy), M. Paul-Boncour (France), Baron von Neurath. (Ger many;, Mr Norman Davis (United States) and Mr Arthur Henderson (president of the' Disarmament Conference) have all taken part in the exchanges '.of views during the week-end ut Genova.

“The Times” says these attempts to reconcile particular interests die designed to secure maximum common ground between Britain, France, Itaiv uml the United States on a basis to which Tier many can reasonably* agree. There is not and there never was any uuostum of a muted front to present Germany with an irreducible .scheme; it is rather the application of boardroom mfithods for securing an agree tiieut in merging joint interests. Evidently at the first stage nobody will allow the negotiations to break down lor Hie sake of minor questions, though the period of concession and counterconcession has not been reached. “The Times” mentions that parallel with the oolitical and technical discussion* tlo Budget aspect- of disarmament is being examined and is likelv to play an important part when the conference 'rk resumed.