THE DESIRE FOR PEACE
A DISTURBING FACTOR NAVAL COMPETITION SENATOR BORAH’S ATTACK , (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) •Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) (Received Dee. ill, 11 a.m. i WASHINGTON, Dee. 29. “Instead of devoting attention to, and concentrating upon building warships, America and Britain might more profitably give some of tlieir time to removing the conditions which seem to make warships necessary,” said Senator Borah, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, and the most powerful individual member of the Senate, in a special interview. Senator Borah spoke first of the almost universal desire of the peoples of all nations for peace. Ho regards the lawless condition at sea at present as llie most disturbing, factor in the peace programme, and sees a need for recodifying and re-establishing the rules which should govern the rights of belligerents and neutrals at .sea. He added: “A naval race between America and Britain would be second only in disastrous effect to another war; yet I venture the opinion that a naval race is inevitable unless it cap be avoided by a thorough understanding of neutrals’ rights at sea. The time and situation demand that there shall be a minimum right to belligerents and a maximum right to neutrals. We still have, of course, speaking now of peace generally,'.those advocates of heavy armaments and great armies and navies, who, in discussing these matters, often use expressions not justified by facts, but the fact remains that great bodies of people in all countries wish tlieir countries to be at peace. “Tbe world war was brought on, not by the people, blit by a few leaders. The people of none of these countries wanted to be at war with the people of other countries. It seems to me that, we may take great comfort in the fact that this is the first holiday season in the whole history of mankind in which it could be said that practically all the nations of tho world arc agreed to reject war as an instrument, for the settlement of international disputes, and have entered a solemn pledge to settle all controversies, of whatever nature or kind, through peaceful methods.” NAVAL LIMITATION DANGER OF CONFERENCES MISUNDERSTANDINGS CAUSED (Australian and N.Z. Press Association. (Received Dec. 31, 10 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 30.
In the course of the Navy League’s customary New Year messages, Lord (Sydenham, while welcoming any Anglo-American agreement regarding cruiser strength leaving Britain free to build what her special* conditions demand, declares that it would be at present the wisest course not to enter into further conferences Which would bo liable to be used to promote misunderstanding. Attempts to standardise armies and navies would inevitably tend to further competition, which it was desirable to avoid. The League of Nations would better serve the cause of world harmony by postponing its disarmament efforts till a more propitious time.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16839, 31 December 1928, Page 7
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