SECRET DIPLOMACY.
SOLUTION OF INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES. WHAT GENEVA SHOULD BE. New York, Aug. 8. Sir Arthur Vvillert, speaking at the Institute of Politics, in session at Williamstown, Massachusetts, said: ‘Secret diplomacy is necessary for the efficient solution of international disputes. Geneva should become a sort of club for Foreign Ministers, at which, in the League of Nations sessions, they can meet informally and quietly to discuss controversial problems, without satisfying inconvenient curiosity. There would be criticism of this, but international negotiations, to succeed, must be secretive to some extent and also informal Private individuals do not take the world into their confidence when they have contentious questions to settle. It is easier to be frank, make a concession and meet the other side half-way privately than in open conference. I am not suggesting secret agreements; nothing good can be said of them. The war of psychology has virtually vanished from Europe and the cleavages of war have practically closed. Political and economic reconstruction appear to be’ making progress everywhere. Europe has made a proper beginning to find herself soundly on her feet.”—(A. and N.Z.)
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 202, 10 August 1927, Page 6
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