UNIVERSAL PEACE
j ■ ■.- <»,. —— * SPEECH BY MR ASQUITH. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS FAVOURED. I Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. i ( ' LONDON, August 3. 5 (Received August 3, at 11.25 p.m.) Tile Government's dinner to the dele- ' gates attending the Peace Congress was ' held in the Hotel Cecil. M.v Ae-quith, in proving the toast of % "Tho International Peace Movement," ] said he did not expect that the youngest I of those present would see universal dis--3 armament. National security must hold ] first place in the plans of those who were f responsible for government. Prudent . statesmanship must provide for the conf tiiigcncy of war, besides devising means f of minimising tho risk of international quarrels. The first means was tire growth jof international agreements—not alliances, for alliances were sometimes hindrances. s The main thing was for nations to know and understand ono another and to sup- ' press hereditary antagonisms. I . .
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14283, 4 August 1908, Page 5
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