FOREIGN POLICY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17350, 15 May 1924, Page 7

FOREIGN POLICY.

BRITISH PREMIER’S VIEW. CONVINCED NATIONALIST. 8y Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Reutsr’s Telegrams. (Received Mav 10, 10 a.m.) LONDON. May 14. Defining the Government’s foreign policy at a Labour women’s demon- * (.ration in the Albert Hall, the Prime Minister declared that he whs a convince.! anil unbending Nationalist. He respected national traditions and characteristics. It, would be a very’ bad day foi the world* if the diversity of humanity created by so many variations of race, creed arid clime beeame sand-papered into one feature. but neither was it his ideal to run Nationalism so hard that it became a pest to anyone Irving to make peace. Nationalism was not aggression, but self-respect. Therefore the Labour Government’s foreign policy was to bring about a great peace union. He appealed to all European nations, no less than to the Great Powers, to come in and enable the advancement of the policy of disarmament. Referring to the Dawes reparations report, Mr MacDonald admitted that there were some things in it of whic he was a little hit suspicious, but he believed the adoption of the report as a whole would give Europe a new chance of finding its feet. He urged all the Powers concerned to take up the same attitude and trust to the sense of justice of the world to see that right was done in the end.