PEACE IN THE PACIFIC
THE PACT PROPOSAL MR- LYONS’ BELIEF LONDON, June 7. Implying to the toast of his health at the Foreign Press Association’s luncheon at the Savoy Hotel, at which the Press of almost the whole world were represented, the Rt. Hon. J. A. Lyons said that Australia was directly concerned in the Pacific in which he had proposed a pact of non-aggression. Australia desired to live at peace with her neighbours. Unfortunately the equilibrium established by the Washington Treaties had been somewhat dissipated. Australia faced a new set of circumstances, and wanted to renew the principles underlying those treaties. He believed that the other nations were equally anxious for peace, so ne had proposed the pact. He did not ask for any special commitments, except that ail should denounce war as a means of settling differences and agree to meet around the table to discuss problems and accept the principle of non-aggression. Personally, he believed that it was possible of achievement.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 135, 9 June 1937, Page 7
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