DISARMAMENT

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 77, 13 March 1933, Page 7

DISARMAMENT

FEARS OF CRISIS EFFORTS TO SAVE CONFERENCE. BRITISH MINISTERS ARRIVE AT GENEVA. (British Official Wireless.) (Received 13, 12.30 p.m.) Rugby, March 12. The Prime Minister and Sir John Simon arrived at Geneva from Paris ou Saturday morning. Captain Eden, who has been British delegate during the recent proceedings at the Disarmament Conference, met the Ministers and informed them of the developments at the conference during the past few days. Later in the morning Mr Arthur Henderson called on Mr MacDonald and discussed with him tho measures necessary to effect concrete decisions with as little delay as possible. Earlier in the morning the Prime Minister saw Dr. Benes, rapporteur of fhe Conference, and arrangements Mere made for other visits during the day from M. Bourquin (Belgium), chairman of the effective committee, Baron Aloisi (Italy) and Mr Hugh Wilson (United States). It is recognised that immediate measures are necessary to save the Disarmament Conference, and the attitude from which this problem Mas viewed during yesterday’s AngloFrench conversations in Paris is sufficiently indicated in the phrasing of the official communique: “The urgency of the Geneva problem, especially in relation to the actual European situation, was fully recognised by the Ministers, who declared themselves determined to seek, in agreement with the representatives of other States, all means for safeguarding the peace of the world.” LIBERAL LEADER DEFENDS GERMANY. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received 13. 10.30 a.m.) London, March 12. “As one of the drafters of a very stern treaty, 1 say that Germany has honourably fulfilled the disarmament clauses. It was our part to se e that we and the other signatories followed suit,” declared Mr Lloyd George, speaking in support of Mr Kedward, Liberal candidate for th* Asshford byelection. “But our armaments have risen annually while those of Germany have been kept down. A proud and brave people will not stand that everlastingly, consequently Germany has been driven to an aggressive military dictatorship that is menacing world peace and that is fatal to disarmament.”