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SEPTEMBER 9TH, 1932.
TOTAL DISARMAMENT. That air
"A CHIMERICAL PROPOSITION." "Something in the nature of a bomb was Ponce thrown
International into the Congress on July 28th, at Central Hail, Westminster, when in the course of a debate on a resolution in favour of completa disarmament, Dr. Deerin Full, secrutary of the Americar. Fence Society. affil ertesofo not that complete
to-dag, he disarmament was na unrealisable drima.
Armaments
mealst
everything in our industrial and em- mon life plant for the manufacture of dyes could be turned to the fanufacture of explosives in few hours and a per fame factory Fould at one be set to the Did the resolu- tarning out of poison gas.
mean that all manufactories and torial plant were to
abolished?
For this Congress," he added, "to go be- fore a thinking, practical world with a chimerical proposition like this is to our own discredi
When we go before
the world with an improbale proposition like this we are discrediting our stove- ment in the very places where we want help
Sir Donald Maclean, M.P. speaking on.. the report of the Commission on "The Lon trol of Foreign Affairs Through Parliament," said foreign affairs for hundreds of years had been supposed to be the special pre- serve
of a very special class in all 42272- manities Democracies
were essential to have the qualities which posed t a proper conduct of foreign affairs. Karious suggestions had been made that
shouhl be more successful in the quain tenance of peace and the aruidance of war If we had special committees in Parliament, but he very much doubted whether we should be much better off. He saw a ch better cure in the watchfulness of the Assembly as a whole, but that dependled apon the class of men and women who were ent to Parliament. In his opinion, that was the only way in which we could get a better state of affairs: by a wider know
edge of the real meaning of politics, and. especially foreign politics, by the peoples of the countries themselves. Every man and woman should recognise their duty to be politicians in the world-wide scuse of the term.
Resolutions were carried declaring that every nation should direct the condnet of its foreign policy as of its domestic affairs, and that the foreign policy of all States slakt not be secret, but public, and should- rest upon the principle of free inquiry and discussion, and also upon the collaboration of expert officials, disintenstal sperialists, and public opinion:
en-
In the afternoon the congress considered the report of the Actualities Commission, presented by Professor Quidde, of Munich, and passed resolutions in favour of com- plete disarmament: welcoming the deavours of the Washington Conference as the first really serious and important step towards universallisarmament: and declar- ing that the right of self-determination of stated in the peoples should be definitely Covenant of the Lengse of Nations.
Dr. Deerin
ม
speech diurnament resolu- tion has been given, ad, in his judgment,
Whatever
ver they
there said about men refusing to fight.
they
against the age of whose
it was aburi
were
Actually enrilrantel with a situation (s
sacrifice lives war, men and women would and children for their country. That was demonstrated in the rece
recent wat, and it would be demonstrated in future ward
Mr. George Lansbury expressed astonish ment that an American friend--au ad- vocate of peace-should talk in that way. It was the gospel of despair, and he had not expected to hear it from America.
A Swiss delegate protested that the Swiss arny had never been a menace to any body. He wanted to save the congress If armed forces from an exaggeration. were in the bands of good, wise men, they would never mistise them.
M. R. Valfort (France) moved an amend ment to the same resolution to the effect that the League of Nations ought to be empowered to organise an international force.
but
An outburst of dissension followed, M. Valfort kept to the point that this was absolutely necessary at present if the Lesgue was to have power to enforce its will on recalcitrant countries, however much they might hope that at some, time in the future tlicy would, be able to do without
force at all.
N
Another spenker declared that an armed force in the power of the League of Nations could never be a danger, and he was greeted with cries of "Oh, oh!"
The next speaker, an Austrian professor, maid
if he
he were ruler of Austria he would regard it as a crime against his country to agree to total disarmament unless there were effective guarantees from the League of Nations, which the League could not
Five unless they had an interna:: anned force at their disposal.
Jody
Parmoor led the opposition against any such proposal. She knew her husband entirely disapproved and she did as a woman of the idea of a police foren in connection with the League of Nations They all knew that intrigues were carried on between nations," and she hoped the Congress would not vote for anything so dangerous as a super-State armed with a police force.
The amendment was defeated by an overwhelming majority, and the resolution was carried in the following terms:
This Congress declares its belief in the policy of complete disarmament by land, ea, and air as an indispensable guarantee of world peace, and pledges its if to advochte this policy in every country."
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For the St. Leger which will be run on the 13th September. Tamar has been installed as favourite at 7.to 4, saye a Loadoa telegram to India dated August 11th This colt of Lord Astor's ran, it will be remembered, second to Captain, Cutile in the Derby, four lengths separat The published statements with regard to the purchase by the late Lord Northcliffe ing first and second and three lengths second and third, Craigengower. For the of what is described as the Walter fater-Doncaster classic, St. Louis the winner est in the Times, are not, the Newspaper of the Two Thousand and fourth in the World understande, quite accurate, Lord Derby, and Bucks Hussar are mentioned Northcliffe purchased the ordinary shares as serious rivals to the favourite. There! beld by Mr. John' Walter, who, however, is also in the race French candidate retains his preference shares, and, at the whose prospects of winning are extremely. time of writing, was still Chairman of rosy. This is M. Marcel House's Kamus, the board of directors.
who won the French Derby from Kefalin;
The largest shareholders in 1915 were and was beaten for first place in the ps follows: Ioid Northcliffe, 110,000 Grand Prix by the same ooit later, An- ordinary shares and 21,008 preference other cable of the same date says that shores; Sir John Ellerman, the shipping racing critics, discussing St. Leger pro- magnate, held 33,000 ordinary and 31,000 specta in the absence of Captain Cattle, preference shares; Mr. Pomeroy Burton incline to the belief that Ramus, may be held-43,818 ordinary and 10,854 preference too good for Tamar, St. Louis, and the shares; and Sir G. A. Sutton and Hr. lesser British candidates. It is acknow,
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