WAR SCARES.
INSPIRED BY CONTRACTORS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Rec'. December 18, 5.5 p.m.) London, December 17. Mr. Francis W. Hirst, .editor of ,tho London "Economist," in addressing the Peace Conference at Washington, said war scares were largely inspired by tho armament' contractors,- who would ulti-. matoly drag various countries into bankruptcy. ■ Brazil's- purchase of Dreadnoughts was absurd, and Japan's rivalry with' the United "States was crushing the Orientals. Great Britain and Germany were wrecking themselves with tlieir expenditure on armaments. .
Lord Loreburnc, Lord High Chancellor of England, assured the Conference of Great Britain's sincere sympathy with the furtherance of the judicial settlement of international disputes.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1003, 19 December 1910, Page 7
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105WAR SCARES. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1003, 19 December 1910, Page 7
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