PROBLEM OF ARMAMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 20 October 1933, Page 7

PROBLEM OF ARMAMENTS

EXCHANGES AMONG POWERS BRITAIN SEEKS AGREEMENT SIR JOHN SIMON SUPPORTED UNANIMITY OF THE CABINET By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 11 p.m. London, Oct. 19. Cabinet sat for 2J hours to decide the next step in the disarmament question, which must if possible be taken in full agreement with the other Powers. The Cabinet Ministers will meet again when the diplomatic exchanges among Paris, Washington and Rome are completed. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald warned his colleagues to be prepared to meet at short notice. The German Press continues its attack on Sir John Simon, but the British Cabinet is of the unanimous opinion that he acted throughout strictly in accordance with the Government’s instructions. Lord Reading, at a dinner held by the English-Speaking Union, said it was no use mincing matters. The world was faced with a grave crisis, but all nations were striving for peace. They must accept from the German Government its pronouncements that its peaceful intentions were sincere. In that case there should be no insuperable difficulty in arriving at some conclusion. He said it was unbelievable that any nation in the world would enter into war if it knew that America, the British Empire, and, he hoped, o ther nations would be banded together.