MENACE TO PEACE.
ARMED POWERS OF EUROPE.
FOREBODINGS OF SOLDIER
LONDON, March 6
A grave warning against the increasing competition in armaments and the danger of another great war was uttered by FieldMarshal Sir William Robertson in a speech at Stoke. Although all nations now condemned war, he said, preparations for war continued.
All the great Powers, except Britain, were spending to-day more on aimed forces than they were five years ago. France and Italy had approximately the same number under arms as in 1914. Germany was constantly complaining about what it termed its " defenceless position," and the military restrictions imposed upon her by the Versailles Treaty could not be much longer maintained. Othei' Central European Towers were strongly armed, and soma were at daggers drawn. America accepted the Kellogg Pact, but did not allow that to interfere with the building of 15 additional cruisers. The only way out, said Sir William, was for all nations to join in support of the League of Nations, and give each other's national interests the same consideration as one individual expected to give another.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20202, 12 March 1929, Page 9
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181MENACE TO PEACE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20202, 12 March 1929, Page 9
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