WORLD’S GREATEST HOPE

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 257, 13 October 1932, Page 7

WORLD’S GREATEST HOPE

THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS. DESERVES BACKING BY ALL MEN AND WOMEN. By Telegraph—Press Association Auckland, Oct. I'3. In his charge to the Anglican Synod to-day, Archbishop Averill said that the darkest cloud upon the world’s vision was the partial failure of the Disarmament Conference. While thankful for the work done at Lausanne >n respect to'reparations, could it be expected that there would be much alleviation of the war debts position so long as the nations refused to come to grips with the all-important question of armaments reduction? The position of America seemed to him logical and reasonable, for how could she be expected to make a great sacrifice unless other nations were prepared to ueet her half-way by consenting to real reduction in armaments and manifesting a real desire to fulfil their treaty engagements? It was useless to endeavour to fix war guilt upon Germany for alii time and perpetuate that open sore if othef nations were hindering the consolidation of peace by refusing to honour their undertakings to limit armaments. The Archbishop said that conferences and facts were of little value unless backed up by right and by national and individual sacrifices. It seemed to him that the League of Nations, in spite of all criticism, was the world’s greatest hope and deserved the backing of all men and women of goodwill.