IF DICTATORSHIPS ARE ON THE WANE!

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 140, 30 June 1937, Page 4

IF DICTATORSHIPS ARE ON THE WANE!

"If it be true that the democracies are reviving and that dictatorships are on the wane, this country has a great responsibility for seeing that the opportunity of completing the work of appeasement is not lost. And the first task in order of time is to relieve eeonomie diificulties," writes Sir Walter Layton, M.P., in the NewsChronicle. " The nation® of Europe will not settle down to their peaceful occupations and check the race in armaments unless they are given the opportunity of economic rocovery and the possibility of some alternative employment for those millions engaged in war preparationg. "Are we prepared to make a reality of the joint declaration of England, France and Ameriea last Septemher, when they agreed to work together for the relaxation of restriotiona on international . trade? "Are the countries of the Empire going t,o take a narrow view : of their trade relations at the Imperial Conference next mouth,. or will they realise. the importanee of facilitating trade between the Empire and the rest of the world;? " Is Great Britain sufficiently far-sighted to help other countries to reverse the trend of trade policy that all have followed since • 1931? " On the answer to, these questions may depend the peace of the world." r~- _ 7 "•