PACIFISTS ATTACKED

Taranaki Daily News, 4 January 1935, Page 9

PACIFISTS ATTACKED

ARTICLE BY MR. MacDONALD. REARMAMENT DEFENDED. The Prime Minister, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, contributes a highly signficant article to the Newsletter, National Labour’s fortnightly, in which he trenchantly attacks British pacifists, especially the Socialists. Mr. MacDonald declares that the peace panic-mongers are a most formidable menace to peace. Such panic, in an armed world, may win. elections, but it will certainly produce war. Defending Britain’s re-armament, Mr. MacDonald says that Britain cannot remain indifferent to world conditions, leaving the way open for any hostile power to attack London from the air, and confessing her inability to maintain the British Commonwealth and fulfil her obligations to it. Such a condition would be too fantastic for practical consideration, and would cause aggressive wars. Public opinion compelled the Government to prepare defences against an aggressor. Mr. MacDonald advocates the conclusion of international political agreements, simultaneously providing adequate defence equipment.