DISARMAMENT
VIEWS FOR AND AGAINST
CONFLICTING OPINIONS IN UNITEDJSTATES
By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright. (Rec. January 30, 5.5 p.m.)
Washington, January 28,
The Secretary for War, Mr. N. I). Baker, testifying before the House Committee on Appropriations, said that he believed the United States ought to lead the world in disarmament as a practical manifestation of its peaceful intentions. , , Admiral Sims, in a speech at Haverhill, Massachusetts, 'said that disarm,nment was impossible at present, 1 and the United States should continue its naval construction programme. Only when all nations agreed to do away with armies and navies would it be safe for the ed States to disarm.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . T „„ Paris, January 28. Sir Auckland Geddes, British Ambassador to the United States, had a long interview with Mr. Lloyd George on Wednesday and Thursday. A suggestion that he brought an American proposal for a naval holiday is regarded as inaccurate. The reduction of the American programme is considered unlikely in view of the unemployment in the country. . Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 108, 31 January 1921, Page 6
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168DISARMAMENT Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 108, 31 January 1921, Page 6
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