WORLD ARMAMENT

Northern Advocate, 28 October 1932, Page 5

WORLD ARMAMENT

AMERICAN TENETS

HOOVER ENUNCIATION

BIGGER NAVY VISUALISED,

IP NEGOTIATIONS FAIL,

(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received' 9 a.m.)

WASHINGTON, October 26.

Serving notice on the world that the present Government of the United States considers land armament reductions a prerequisite to further naval reductions, the President, Mr Hoover, today took occasion, in view of the celebration of Navy Day tomorrow to issue a statement making known the Government’s attitude towards disarmament.

Mr Hoover’s speech also is regarded as another attempt to galvanise the Geneva negotiations into action. He said the failure of the negotiations would compel the United States to build her navy up (o full treaty strength. “This Administration has spared no reasonable effort to bring about on agreement among all nations upon a reduction of arms on the ratios agreed upon at the London Conference. Our patience' in these negotiations never for a moment jeopardised the safety' of the United States. “These efforts are making progress. If these efforts finally fail we Shall be compelled—by reason of the disturbed conditions prevailing throughout the world, and the necessity of protecting American commerce—to build our navy to the full strength provided under the London agreement, equal to that of the most powerful in the world.

“I need scarcely suggest the vast expenditure which would bo involved by this necessity or the blow it would deal to one of the most cherished aspirations of our people.”

INTERNATIONAL CONTROL,

FRENCH PLAN OUTLINED,

ADVICE TO GERMANY.

SECURITY GUARANTEES,

(Received 9 a.m.) PARIS, October 26.

The establishment of international aerial police, international control of military budgets and manufacture of arms and suppression of pseudo military forces, are among the proposals believed to be included in the French disarmament plan. If it is adopted by the Disarmament Conference .on November 3 it will result in at least a 20 per cent, reduction of the French military estimates.

This forecast is based on a report on the disarmament plan adopted at a meeting of the committee of the Radical Party. With reference to arms equality, the report says that Germany, by renouncing all her intentions to rearm, would take her normal place in the European and im ternational framework. Equality of rights is logically related to equality of security and renunciation of internal guarantees. Security must be accompanied by international guarantees. ,

The plan envisages a consultative pact with the United States. The report is particularly severe on operations constituting armies under the pretext. -of being - political police, though it admits that it may be necessary to combine the regular • army with the mfjttia.

U.S.A. DELEGATE

IMPORTANT INTERVIEWS.

M. HERRIOT TO BE CONSULTED

(British Official Wireless.) (Received 9 a.m.) RUGBY, October 26,

Mr Norman Davis, United States delegate to the Disarmament Conference, who had a series of conversations with the Prime Minister, Mr MacDonald, and the. Foreign Secretary, Sir John Simon, will leave London for Geneva on Friday, via Paris. There ho will probably discuss disarmament with the French Prime Minister, M. Herriot. Prior to his departure for Geneva, Jvlr Davis paid a farewell visit to the Prime Minister at the House of Commons, where it is understood they had a further conversation on disarmament questions.

CRUISER DUNKERQUE,

; CONSTRUCTION TO PROCEED

RIVALRY INSTIGATION,

(Received 9 a.m.) PARIS, October 26.

Because Germany is building a third “pocket battleship,” the French Cabinet has decided to proceed with the construction of the battle cruiser Dunkerque voted by Parliament last voar.