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Peace, will be one of deeds as well as words, it must be as a Naval Power."
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Certain amateurs professed to have picked up the speeches fairly distinctly. Reuter.
JAPAN'S RADIO ATTEMPT Tokyo, Yesterday. The broadcasting stations have at- tempted to re-broadcast the King's speech at the Naval Conference which ther the aims of the Conference. The in London. The words were heard vost programme of work laid down by indistinctly and were soon shut Signor Mussolini for the progress of out owing to a musical broadcast, the country required a long period of apparently from Habarovsk. peace for its execution. Italy desired DIFFERENCES EXPLORED "That is why last June Freal-nothing better than a peaceful Europe
and a peaceful World. dent Hoover, though his new Am-
The hopes of many peoples would bo bassador to London (General disappointed if the London Conference
ALL AMERICA HEARS Dawes), proposed to me that we failed. Unless the Conference affords
New York, Yesterday. explore our differences once more concrete and decisive evidence not! The re-broadcast of His Majesty's with a view to asking the parti merely to limit but to reduce arma- speech at the Naval Conference was cipants in the Washington 1922 ments, Signor Grandi recognised that clearly audible all over the States.---- Conference to re-assemble and try the difficulties might seem insuperable Reuter's American Service.
if faced
from the purely technical to agree to an equilibrium, and standpoint, but "if considered in their submit to a Preparatory Disarma-wider political aspects and the spirit ment Commission at Geneva' an in which the Governments of the agreement which can be related World, and notably the fivo great in its wider work to form part of Powers here represented, signed the the material for an eventual Gen-rolema pact outlawing war, we ought bringing into force of the Con.
to be able to overcome them."-Reutervention for
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eral Disarmament Conference. The Prime Minister concluded by hoping Conference would take its place among the great landmarks in the advancement of mankind in wisdom and enlightenment,
ABOLITION OF CUSTOM
Paris. The conference for
the
the abolition of pro- hibitions and restrictions on im-
The Australian delegate, Mr. ports and exports, at a plenary alt- Fenton, declared that the peoples of ting, heard the declarations of the the world asked for reller from representatives of various nations some, at least, of the onerous bur- which have not as yet ratified the dens of naval armament and the op- Convention. portunity to turn more of their effort to nobter aims.
M. Choumenkovitch (Yugoslavia) sald that his Government, which Ralston, expressed his country's
delegate, Mr.had made the application of the Con vention by various other States a
The Canadian
GENERAL DISARMAMENTTM Mr. Stimson said that he was profoundly impressed and moved by the speeches of the King and Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, and con- hope for definite and practical recondition of bringing into forco in vinced that all his conferees shar-sults from the conference. ed the lofty idealism expressed in both speeches. He looked for- ward with confident hope to the success of their labours.
in
It was an auspicious event that the Conference should be opened the Houses of Parliament, which, for Americans, have a deep significance as the cradle of their jurisprudence and the fundamental ideas of human liberty.
Yugoslavia, was now prepared to forgo this condition in certain cir- cumstances.
INDIAN OPINION Sir Atul Chatterjee, the Indian delegate, declared that the future M. Sokolewski (Poland), explain- of civilisation was at stake in the ing the attitude of his Government, gathering, and Professor Smiddy which had not yet ratified the Con (Irish Free State) emphasised the vention, expressed the opinion that need for diverting the energies be- the Convention did rot provide stowed on the preparations for war Pollah international trade with the into promoting the spiritual and guarantees which it held to be india- physical welfare of mankind.
pensable. Poland needed to be NEW ZEALAND'S VIEW Mr. Stinson said that he did
able to export coal freely, to Im- The New Zealand delegate Mr.[port iron freely, and to
obtain not regard the present effort to wilford, said his country was 11,000 greater facilities for the expert of warda disarmament as final, and miles from the hub of Empire, and cattle. The Polish Government, he sincerely hoped that an in-realised how the trade routes were while not being at present prepared creased feeling of security would the veins and arteries of the British to ratify the Convention, was ready enable more drastic reduction in commonwealth of nations, and that to examine all practical suggestions the future, and provide a tangible in arriving at a margin of safety which might attenuate the effects contribution towards the wider difficulties must be experienced and which such failure to ratify might problem of general disarmament, mutual toleration and forbearance have on international trade. which was America's ultimate aim.exercised. But they must move M. Fb (Czecho-Slovakia), whose
He was ready "to stay here until abreast of public opinion, which de- Government has also not yet ratified wa can give the world an agreemanded that competition in arma-the Convention, stated that in view ment that will carry us happily ments, which was the womb of war, of recent events in the domain of to the time when we meet again must coase, and that the founda-internal politics he had not yet in the same spirit to review the tions of peace be surely lald. obtained definite instructions. ZANZI-aituation anew:"
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The solution "cannot be found in a mathematical formula because the stress of life shatters all formulae, henes I listened with great pleasure to Mr. MacDonald's affirmation that the first duty will be to fix the naval needs of each power."
The South African delegate also The President of the conference promised his Government's full co-requested these delegates to obtain, operation in any international move. if possible, definite instructions as
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The proceedings lasted an hour and a quarter and the conference will resume in committee on Thurs day morning at St. James's Palace.
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Herr Imhof (Germany) called the attention of the assembly to certain raservations formulated by the United States concerning anti- dumping measures; and indicated if these reservations The broadcast recepilon of the con- that ferance speeches was very clear except maintained, Germany would, in her towards the close.
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Ottawa, Yesterday.
M. Tardieu emphasised that the
Melbourne, Yesterday..tions. League of Nations Covenant and the
The efforts of the Australian broad- Kellogg Paet transformed absolute caating stations to relay the King's needs into needs only relatively import-speech were disappointing, owing to ant. Each nation, however different atmospherics, and the address was un-
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NO ROLLING DRUMS. The conference has actually open- ed at 11.08 km. It was a "plain clothes" conferênĉo, notable for the things which were absent, for ex- ample there was no fanfare of trumpets, no drums rolling, no guard of honour with, fixed bayonets but a meeting În müfti of thirty res presentatives of over 740 million! beings, anxious for peace..
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