WHAT BRITAIN HAS DONE
VOLUNTARY DISARMAMENT ' GENEVA. 2nd Dec. In the afternoon Lord Cushendun received British pressmen and made a statement that Britain's policy regarding disarmament was unchanged. V\ e have already disarmed. We had more complete supremacy of the seas after the war than at any time since Trafalgar, but we immediately scrapped two million tons of ships, partly from motives of economy and partly owing to a desire to dispense with offensive force?. We abandoned two arsenals and two naval bases, and practically scrapped our air force, which has since been resuscitated.We have abolished conscription/ and reduced our army to'the level of an imperial police force. Therefore we have little left to offer in the way of disarmament, as we have clone voluntarily what others are being asked to do. it us impossible to define security. Britain cannot accept diffused engagements. She is bound to take account of the sentiments of the Dominions. Therefore it is impossible for her rigidly to define her policy beforehand. f
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 5 December 1927, Page 5
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