ENTHRONE PEACE OVER THE WORLD.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18888, 14 October 1929, Page 4

ENTHRONE PEACE OVER THE WORLD.

MR MACDONALD MAKES APPEAL TO MANKIND,

(United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) NEW YORK, October 12. Mr Ramsay MacDonald addressed the Council of the Foreign Policy Association to-night. He made an appeal to mankind to enthrone peace over the world.

Speaking with marked earnestness in what will probably be his last public utterance in the United States, Mr MacDonald warned his hearers that much remained to be done before the peoples of all nations would relmQ u # ls h military security for political security. Again he emphasised the fact that his negotiations with the United States had been entirely in the open, and he took occasion to rebuke the “-few voices ” which had been -repeating the charge that an Anglo-American alliance had been entered into at Washington.

Describing his negotiations with Gen eral C. G. Dawes, Mr MacDonald said: “ Everything was conducted in a glass house, with no secrecy and no curtains, and from that day to this our negotiations have been conducted by men who wish to live an open life and have no desire to pursue a secret one. We have declared that no war can take place between us. We declared more than that; we cannot conceive any circumstances under which the armed forces of the United States and Great Britain can come into conflict.”

The speech was a summing-up oi his visit and an analysis of the fruits of his mission. He spoke bluntly at times, and his theme was developed as the enthusiasm of his distinguished audience, one of the largest dinner gatherings in the history of New York, mounted. steadily. Speaking of agreements for peace, he said: “ This is the problem of statesmanship: On the one hand you get your moral disarmament sentiment which is within you; resolutions that read fair and sound are carried unani mously; but the moment you start to apply them for the purposes of trans ferring th*» mentalities of the people from the mentality of military security to the mentality of political security, then the statesman is beset by a thousand and one exceeding’* intricate problems.”

Declaring that Great Britain’s Navy was Great Britain itself, Mr MacDonald said that the sea was Britain’s security and its safety. “So you will understand how hard it is to get the people to feel security if. the naval arm is limited »n any wav l put that before you as a plea to* patience, as a plea for go>dwill. As you will show that patience, so you will contribute to goodwill until we can change the furniture of our mind,” he declared.

“ The spirit of man in coming together is not to divide the world into groups, but to help the world to come tc* a general agreement ”he said He wanted the world to know that during the entire course of the conversations between President Hoover and himself, never a word *jr thought was given to any exclusive understanding between Great Britain and the United States.—Australian Press Association -- united Service.

PRIME MINISTER HAS VERY BUSY DAY. NEW YORK, October .12 V; .,J Mr MacDonald spent one of the bus iest days of his visit here,' It began with hearing two delegations, one from American Jews, and the other from American Socialists. He ended by delivering an address before a public luncheon, another at a tea and recep tion, and finally one in the evening Thtf Jews were headed by a well known banker, Mr Felix Warburg, who, said: “ Appropriate provision must be made by the Government in order tha + the terms of the mandate over Palestine shall be sympathetically carried out.” Mr MacDonald assured the delega tion that his Majesty’s Government fully intended to carry out to the last detail its declared policy and duties as the guardian of the Jewish homeland project in Palestine. The Socialist delegation was headed by Mr Norman Thomas, presidential candidate in 1928, who discussed wit! Mr MacDonald the general aspects of his visit to the United States. Disarming Naval Bases. When Mr MacDonald goes to Ottawa the Canadian Prime Minister, Mr Mackenzie King, will probably be asked by him whether the Canadian Government will consider the reduction of the forti fications at Halifax, and the removal of effective batteries. More important than the Halifax fortifications, in the view of the Ame rican public, are the British naval bases at Bermuda and the West Indies. Theu proximity to the Panama Canal has been stressed by the United States Press, and it would be a notable gesture if the islands were demilitarised completely. President’s Movements, It was learned at the White House to-day that President Hoover does not intend to visit Europe, during his term of office This followed his reported in tention of making a return visit to Mr MacDonald, and there was speculation whether he would attend the London naval conference. He may possibly visit Mexico and Cuba. Italy Demands Parity. According to informed circles Ttal.\ lias made known to the United States her intention to insist at the London naval conference upon absolute paritv with France in all categories of auxili ary ships. It is understood that sim ilar information has been transmitted to the British Government. Mr MacDonald's Birthday. Mr MacDonald spent his birthday ir his hotel suite, over three thousam miles from Lossiemouth, where he wa born sixty-three years ago. in a fishinp shack, on a bleak Scottish shore The Prime Minister apparently did not re gard his birthday as important —-Au? tralian Press Association—United Ser vice.