Disarmament Problems

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7191, 24 June 1933, Page 7

Disarmament Problems

Britain’s Aim a Pacified Europe FRANCO-GERMAN FRIENDSHIP THE BASIS (British Official Wireless.) .Received Friday, 9.50 p.m. RUGBY, Juuo 23. Captain Anthony Eden, Under-Secre-tary for Foreign Affairs, speaking at Peterborough, expressed tho view that tho problems of the Disarmament Conference were just those that had baffled post-war Europe and had played a significant part in every pliaso of history —the relation of the Powers of Western Europe. If, for instance, an agreement could bo reached between Franco and Germany on the basis of the British draft convention upon which the Conference was now at work other difficulties would, no doubt, adjust themselves around tho nucleus of this common accord. Without such an agreement no real progress was impossible. It was the task of British statesmanship to do all in .its power to make such an agreement possible. A pacilicd Europe was tho British objective and for this Britain voluntarily undertook tho very serious obligation that resulted from the Locarno Treaty. It was no doubt tho samo motive that prompted Mussolini to make his recent proposals for tho lour-Powci pact, an act of statesmanship for which .Europe has every reason to be grateful. If they could re-enter a period of European co-operation progress would become possible in all the problems of international relations which to-day havo baffled statesmanship.