TALKS UNLIKELY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19336, 28 May 1937, Page 5

TALKS UNLIKELY

limitation of arms

DUCE’S CALL TO AMERICA

WASHINGTON OPINIONS

OPPOSITE E PFECT FEAREI)

(Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. .May 28, 11.30 a.m.)

WASHINGTON, May 27,

The Italian Ambassador at Washington to-day visited the Stale Department and outlined Signor Mussolini’s views in regard to his appeal to President Roosevelt to call a world conference to discuss limitation of arms. Tho Under-Secretary to the State Department in an interview declared that as the report that Signor Mussolini was prepared to join an arms limitation conference had reached him only through unofficial channels he could not officially comment on the matter. It is understood that President Roosevelt has no intention of acceding to Signor Mussolini’s suggestion, lie is convinced that a conference would have little chance of .sueces and might even advance world rearmament.

The New York Times says: “There is no indication that President Roosevelt has planned to act on the suggestion, for the present at least.” A mesage from Rome quotes Signor Gaycia, writing in the Giomale d’ltalia as follows ;• ‘ Signor Mussolini’s arms limitation proposal comes from the head of a State well-armed and already disciplined, and is the result of studied willingness and not of necessity. President Roosevelt is the statesman best qualified to call such a conference because the United States has no necessity for huge armaments. Thus to the United States alone can the task of arbitration between the opposing European interests be entrusted.”