WAR MUST BE AVOIDED

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 128, 16 June 1937, Page 5

WAR MUST BE AVOIDED

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Mr Savage on The Need For Co-operation EXPANDING TRADE

(By Telegraph—

(Received 16, 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, June 15. Mr. Savage said that he came to the Conference convinced that the United Commonwealth would effect such a re-adjustment in the economic causes of war to mahe international confh'ot highly ianprobahle . "After listening for some weeks to members oi tho various delegations, 1 ani more than ever convinced of the great part that thc British Couinioiiwealth c,an play in the old coutest for the balance of powor. Foreign affairs must not. i>e aliowed again to find a place Ln the deliberations oi mankind, Further abtenipts to expand trade and renew the struggle for foreign markets without attempting to improve the standards of life of the masses must be abandoned. 1 fervently hope that the Commonwealth will give a lead to other nations before it is too late. "I leave this Cqnference with the inspiring thought that tlie British constitution and the self-governing powers of the Dominions are sufficiently wide to allow ns to return with determination to play a full part in shaping the future of the Commonwealth and its relationship with the rest of the world while simultaneously working out our own destiny."