BRITISH POLITICS.
INTERNATIONAL DISASMAMEN T. Received May 28, 9.3 a.m. LONDON, May 27. In the House of Lords yesterday. Lord Avebury asked if steps had been taken to realise tbe Premier's views in regard to international disarmament. Lord Ripon stated ibat the Governmentwould do nothing to weaken the Empire. It was intended to disease the question of disarmament if a favourable opportunity arose. Lord Lansdowne, in a weighty Breech, said Britain must think twice before undertaking any general disarmament, and he objected to any binding compact. The Navy was so essentia] to the country's life that they must guard its freedom of action. (In the House of Commons, pn May 10th, Sir Arthur Vivian moved a strong motion favouring a reduction of the armaments. The proposition was accepted by Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, who expressed the hope that it would influence other Parliaments. The motion wag adopted without dissent, on Sir Edvrard Grey's declaration that Britain would take the initiative at The Hague Conference, and do what sue was able to do. Everything depended on the response of the other nations).
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8151, 29 May 1906, Page 5
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