THE PEACE CONVENTION. DISARMAMENT PROPOSALS.

Colonist, Volume XLIX, Issue 12019, 21 August 1907, Page 3

THE PEACE CONVENTION. DISARMAMENT PROPOSALS.

Received August 20, 9.8. p.m. London, August 20. The Standard states that Sir H. C. Bannerman's preposterous disarmament scheme has resulted in a The' Pall Mall Gazette condemns the Government's willingness to sacrificelßritish interests while pur» suing an absolutely unattainable ideaf. The Westminster Gazette considers that SirE. Fry followed the only practical line of advance. The Scotsman and Manchester Guardian suggests that SirE. Fry's offer to make naval construction the subject of private diplomatic negotiation, is likely to infringe Parliament's power of control over the naval policy.