NAVY CO-OPERATION

Taranaki Daily News, 8 October 1928, Page 9

NAVY CO-OPERATION

VALUE TO WORLD’S PEACE ANGLO-STATES PACT URGED CANADIAN LEADER’S VIEWS NATIONS AWAITING MOVE By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Australian Press Association. Received Oet. 7, 11.5 p.m. Ottawa., Oct. 6. In an interview at Paris Mr. Raoul Dandurant, Government leader in the Canadian Senate, with the approval of Mr. Mackenzie King, the Premier, explained the disarmament situation at Geneva to the Paris correspondent of the Canadian Press. We cannot understand why an agreement should not be reached between the two great English-speaking peoples allowing that their fleets, instead of being opposed in naval competition, should conjoin with the sole desire of assuring the peace of the world,” he said. “All the statesmen at Geneva are looking with anxious eyes to London and Washington, as the preparatory disarmament commission of the League of Nations must deal simultaneously with naval, land and air forces. It can hope to do usefiil work only if Britain and the United States agree to a formula allowing them to make appreciable reduction in naval armaments.” The interview concluded with an exposition of the League’s proposed draft convention which will be submitted to members and non-members of the League and -which provides for conciliation and arbitration on grievances. “This goes one step further than the Kellogg treaty,” said Mr. Dandurant.