UNIVERSAL PEACE.
DISARMAMENT FAR OFF. NATIONAL SECURITY A FIRST DUTY. AGREEMENTS, NOT ALLIANCES. (BY TELEORAPH-r-riIESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT ; (Rec.-Aug. 3, 11.25 p.m.) v London, August 3. The Government gavo a dinner at the Hotel Cecil in honour of tho Universal Peace Congress, now sitting in London. Tlio Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith, in proposing success to the international peace movement, said ho did not expect that tho youngest present would see universal disarmament. National security must hold dirst placo in the plans of those-responsible for government. Prudent statesmanship must provide for the contingency of war, devising, at the same time, means of minimising tho risk of international quarrels. The first of these means was tho growth of international agreements—not alliances, for . alliances were sometimes hindrances.The main thing, added Mr. • Asquith, was for nations to know and understand ono'another, and to suppress hereditary antagonisms, | MR. HALDANE ON ARMAMENTS. ' London, August 2. Speaking at Falmouth, Mr. Haldane, Secretary of Stato for War, said tho Government intended to maintain the Navy at the highest ! state of strength and efficiency, with a reliable second line of defence in au emergency. This reliable second line the Army now provides, added Mr. Haldane. .
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 267, 4 August 1908, Page 7
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