TO PRESERVE PEACE

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10562, 13 April 1920, Page 6

TO PRESERVE PEACE

AN ESSENTIAL CONDITION. GOOD ANGLO-AMERICAN RJ2LATIONS. Australian an I N.Z. Cable Association. NEW YORK, April 10. Interviewed by the London correspondent of the New York* American, Sir Auckland Geddes (Ambassador Designate to Washington) said:_ "The essential condition for peace is that the two English-speaking communities should continue their mutual respect and understanding. There is nothing I regret more than to read tho villificatlona of England in American newspapers or vice versa. Universal experience shows that there is nothing more annoyling than criticism which ignores vital modifying factors'. 1 venture to say, no, American can, appreciate all the legitimate consldera. tions which help- to mould every decision iaken by Downing slfcreet, and no Briton can claim even to have a inkling of the anxieties which mould the decisions of Washing-ton. It is difficult for the British Empire to understand the American Empire or _ the Amerioan to understand tho British."