ARMS RACE UNPOPULAR

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23103, 30 July 1938, Page 14

ARMS RACE UNPOPULAR

DIPLOMATIC POSSIBILITIES AGREEMENT FOR LIMITATION LONDOX, .fnly » Important changes for the bettor in •the international situation, compared ■with a few months ago, are noted hy the diplomatic correspondent of the Daily Kxprcss. lie says that some of the countries that are taking part in the armaments race arc beginning to show u distaste lor it. and that, if this feeling grows, President Poosevelt may begin diplomatic action. President: Roosevelt, he adds, would probably try, as an "influential friend," to stop the race by means of an agreement on limitation. The diplomatic correspondent, who claims to have hecn able to base his remarks on Cabinet and ambassadorial reports, says that well-informed quarters state that Germany is willing to consider entering into an agreement. She is, ho continues. particularly willing to discuss an agreement on the limitation of aeroplanes. II this willingness is expressed in a definite lornt, the British Government will respond immediately.