WORLD PEACE.

Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18347, 5 June 1931, Page 7

WORLD PEACE.

MUST BE CONSOLIDATED. AN IMPRESSIVE SPEEOH. NEED FOR BOLD POLICY, (Official Wireless.) (Received June 5, 10.30 a.m.) RUGBY, June 4. The Secrotary of Foreign Affairs, Mr Arthur Henderson, in delivering a Burge Memorial lecture in London tonight on “ Consolidating World •Peace,” declared that in respect of every forward policy in the last 12 years the public opinion of the nations had always been ahead of what the Governments were prepared to do. As it had been with moral disarmament sb he was convinced it would he with physloal disarmament as well. His only fear was that the peoples would not understand the chance with whioh next year’s disarmament conference presented them, and they would not \make their Governments understand that their delegation# to tho oonferenoe could not be too bold or go too far. “My own fear," said Mr Henderson, “is that the nations will not show the Governments In time that they can count upon support for all reductions in armaments, however drastio, to whioh the conference may agree.’’ Mr Henderson said the world must 'be organised for peace as it had been organised for war, and the peacemakers must direct the forces of publio opinion toward a deliberatelyplanned and carefully-concerted effort if the awful calamity of another world tragedy, fought under still more terrible conditions than the last, was to be averted.' Should Submit to Arbitration. Mr Henderson referred to the strengthening of the general authority and prestige of the League of Nations, and declared that the day was near, If It had not already oome, when It should be unthinkable that a nation should refuse to submit Its quarrels either to the League Counoll or to arbitration. Experience suggested that world peace could no longer be guaranteed by armaments, and that modern warfare could no longer be localised. “ Terrible as the last war had been any further war must be infinitely worse. • r “Make no mistake,” ooncluded Mr Henderson, “ unless by successive, and it may be by gradual, stages we can bring about the disarmament of the world, innocent people will then be the victims of a deadly attack from the ’air."