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THE LEADING LABOURITE'S VIEWS ON THE

GENEVA CONFERENCE.

FOREIGN MINISTER'S ABLE REPLY.

{THROCON REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Nov. 24th.

Embarrassment to all would be created if one member of the Em- bire, were engaged in a dispute on which another member of the Em- pire had undertaken to arbitrate, while he himself bad not done so. It was, he believed, common ground to all parties in this country that even if the Government did sign the optional clause, they could only do so with reservations.

At present there was no great book of law pm the subject of maval belligerent rights. We should have Delegation Not Military. to reserve everything which con- Replying to the criticism that "inter-se."

rerns the relations of the Empire We should have to the British delegation to the Three reserve anything which concerned Power Naval Conference at Geneva the Dominions, and make it per In the House of Commons, Mr. was of military character, Sir fectly clear that we would not ar Ramsay MacDonald moved a "re- Austen Chamberlain said the Bri-bitrate on internal matters. What solution deploring the lack of bish delegation consisted of two really could be contributed to the Cabinet Ministers and one Ad- preparation for the Geneva naval miral. It was the least military cause of arbitration by giving a sense of general security or the conference and the military charac- of all the delegations represented. signature to an optional' clause ter of the British delegation, which Insuficient Preparation." with such reservation? had contributed to the failure of

Another criticism was that we If we were not prepared to take "the conference, also the Govern sufficient preparation.

entered the conference with in-in advance any engagement which This did at the time might require for its ment's refusal to accept the prin- not mean that the British Govern fulfilment concurrent legislation in ciple of arbitration to promote ament had not given most careful certain Parliaments of the Empire, scheme for international security thought to the proposals which that did not mean we were not guaranteed by the League of Nations

Mr. MacDonald argued that the only "bance of an agreement was to remove the chances of war, and if America and Britain got to an agreement, we need not bother about a Navy at all.

re-

they would make and the contribu- | ready to use to the fullest measure further, the limitation of arma- disputes tons which they could bring to the arbitration for settlement of ments Thes had, indeed, drawn Sir Austen Chamberlain pointed up a scheme which would have out what the country had done in produced not merely a imitation the inatter of disarmament and ar of expansion, but would have probitration, and said he supposed it Sir Austen Chamberlain

duced a real limitation of aggres-was true to declare that we had pudiated the suggestion that the the failure in that kind of pre- partant issues, than any other

sive power. It was not, therefore, arbitrated more, and on more im delegation was of a military char-paration with which they were country in the world. We had actor, and emphasised that the reproached. It was the failure to shown our belief in arbitration: in conference had been called on the deal with this, matter through the past, and as we practised it n initiative of the United States.

His critics had said that the

the past we would practise it in We could not, however, failure of the Geneva conference

undertake to arbitrate in all cases future. was due to the failure to prepare

when we felt we might not have "through" diplomatic channels, for a prior meeting of the conference,

an adverse award the power to secure-obedience - to Sir Austen Chamberlain frankly took on himself some of the blame for this. The only reason why diplomatic preparation was not made war lest Britain should ap- pear to be opposed to the "attempt further to limit naval armament,

For The Empire.

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As regard the British attitude towards the optional clause in the League Covenant 'Sir Austen "Chamberlain stressed the necessity for the whole Empire acting to- gether. Even if we signed the clause, we could only do so with reservations.

He stressed the immense con tribution we had made to the Locarno agreement, and toward European security.

Commander Kenworthy said he would like to see Japan call a new naval conference at Tokyo.

Mr. Lloyd George declared that until the disarmament commission ended conscription in Europe, they would never achieve anything.

The Labour motion was defeated by 316 to 105. A Conservative amendment was then moved by Dr. Duff Cooper, approving of the policy of the Government, and this was carried by 288 to 86,

** First Lord's " Statement.

LATER.

In the course of the debate, Mr. W. C. Bridgeman, the First Lord of the Admiralty, said that the most important British proposals

in

diplomatic channels before they all. It was aid in effect that the agreed to go into the conference at failure of the conference was due and lack of preparation through to the failure of the diplomacy, diplomatic channels before the con-

ference.

He took some blame to himself, that he did not try to secure fur ther diplomatie preparation, but it should be remembered that the con- ference was not called "on the British Government'e invitation, but on that of the United States. He did not consider whether he should say to the United States Government

that f

moment,

Where we ourselves had been in dispute, as for instance over Mosul we had accepted the arbitration of the League, and even when the award was in our favour had used, it only to negotiate an agreed zettlement.

And, conscious of the risk that came in that particular part of Europe which had so often been the seat and cause of war, and 'where our interests were most directly and immediately conorra-

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"Would it not be well before you ed, we had undertaken to bring THE MAN

make that proposal to consider upon what basis the conference 'should meet, and whether there is such a measure of general agree ment as would be likely to make the conference useful."

If the British Government did not do so, it was eat they should appear in the eyes of the American Government to be seeking to evade acceptance of the invitation, and lest Britain should appear to other people as seeming to be opposed to the attempt further to limit naval armamenta. batangan

"A Lesson For The Future: He thought it was a lesson that such, diplomatic preparation was always desirable before a confer

ence." It was alsɑ ́a lesson that only with great preparation could a League conference itself be brought to a successful conclusion. Those who would press these things. before the groundwork was done, were preparing for themselves the

at Geneva related to the reduction same disappointment that confront- the size of battleships. Heed us when we failed to reach an hoped, especially in view of what agreement in the naval conference. seemed a slight relaxation of the

All War A Crime." American delegates towards the end Referring to the resolution of the conference, that a reduction solemnly reaffirming the doctrine might be adopted at an early date. of the Covenant of the Lengue He drew attention to the fact which declared that all war was that the opposition had not con- demned the Government proposals. He would welcome another con- ference if the time were ripe, but our attitude was the same now. as regards tonnage as it was then.

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.} AN AMPLIFIED REPORT.

crime, Sir Austen Chamberlain said he did not think the time had come for that kind of amendment of the Covenant. He believed the practice of psychology must be allowed to grow before they could usefully undertake to change the whole nature of the Covenant, and fill up those gaps which its founders purposely left because they felt that to make this struc- ture more rigid than it now was would be to risk its existence.

to the support of the League's judgment the whole fores which the Government of this country could command.

con.

Sir Austen Chamberlain chuded, "Has any Power done more than wo in the cause either of security or of disarmament? Some have talked more, some have wasted to pass more resolutions and been ready to sign more papers, but who

bas done more either in the cause o.f disarmament or

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- RUGBY, Nov. 24th. An important debate took place in the House of Commons today, on the subject of disarmament.

Mr. Ramsay MacDonald had ask- Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, theed him if he was prepared to de- Labour leader, moved that this no war of aggression. He was House deplores the lack of pre not. Be thought the League would paration by the Government and make a great mistake if it attempt- the military character of theed a definition. He did not believe THEATRE British delegation, which seriously it would be impossible, and he contributed to the failure of the hoped it would not be very difficult, recent naval conference at Geneva; for the League at a given moment the slow progress made by the League of Nations preparatory any particular quarrel. But he to say who was the aggressor in commission for the disarmament thought if they laid down tests by confereme; and the refusal of the which they must be bound, they Government to accept the principle would and the aggressor would of arbitration and promote a schema of international security lar tests, and would escape the

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The Protocol.

ability which ought to follow upon his action just because of the precision of their definition.

4,

Reasons For Decision,

Sir Austen. Chamberlain gave a number of reasons why the present Government could not recommend the signature of the optional clause

time.

Sar Austen Chamberlain, reply- ing, referred to the resignation of Lord Cecil, and said nobody re- gretted this resignation more than he, for he and Lord Cecil had worked closely and harmoniously together on questions of foreign policy in general, and on matters in the League of Nations Covenant, that concerned the great question but said he would be the last man of disarmament. Lord Cecil had to state that the attitude which been the principal spokesman and they had, to take at this moment representative of the British Gov- must necessarily be the attitude of erment at the Geneva conferences the British Government for all It was a very few years since the. Referring to Lord Cecil's reasons Covenant was signed, since the for his resignation, Bir Austen League of Nations was created, Chamberlain mentioned that one of and since the Permanent Court of there was that we had rejected, International Justice was establish- instead of amending, the protocol. ed. The decision which the British He might say, at once that the Government did in fact come to, British Government's first was the decision reached by the deavour was to amend the protocol, Imperial Conference when they and so bring it into a state which agreed it would be premature to might have been acceptable to us adhere to the optional clause fo- and the other Governments of the day. Further, they were not to Empire, but they found the amend take any action in the matter with ments for that purpose would be of out a pre-arranged consultation e extensive and deep-reaching a among themselves. He need not character, as practically to make say how important it was that the an altogether different document. whole Empire should act together.

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