FRANCE MUST NOT DISARM

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19628, 24 October 1933, Page 7

FRANCE MUST NOT DISARM

LONDON NEWSPAPER’S OUTBURST GERMANY CONCEDED ARMS EQUALITY United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph —Copyright (Received October 23. 10.10 p.m.) LONDON, October 23. “The Daily Mail,” in a leader entitled "France Must Not Disarm,” says: The British nation has finally to consider whether the vague and dubious obligations of Locarno should not be changed into a defensive alliance between Britain and France. The claim of Germany to equality of armaments will sooner or later have to be conceded, and had better be granted without further wrangling. A disarmed France would probably mean war in a few months. LABOUR APPEAL TO YOUNG MEN GENERAL STRIKE ADVOCATED AGAINST ARMAMENTS United Pi ess Association—By Glectm Telegraph - Copyright (Received October 23, 11.30 p.m.) LONDON. October 23. The Leader of the Opposition, Mr George Lansbury (Leader of the Labour Party), speaking at Bow, appealed to young men to keep out of the Air Force, the Army and the Navy, and above all not to let their minds be full of hatred of other people. He added: "I wish from the bottom of my heart that the trade unions would organise a general strike against armaments.”