LABOUR’S ATTITUDE

Hokitika Guardian, 12 February 1929, Page 6

LABOUR’S ATTITUDE

DEFINED JIY BRITISH LEADER. (By Telegraph—Press Association). LONDON, February 11. R(. Hon. J. Ramsay MacDonald, in an article in the “ Morning Post,” defines the foreign policy of the Labour Party as being one of peace and cooperation, one which not merely avoids war. but will put the thoughts of and preparations for war out of the mind of the nations. Air MacDonald says that the fear and the suspicion in the hearts of the people keep them armed, not against any enemy in sight, but against tho shadow of a possible enemy. “ The nations.” he says, “ are afraid to walk in the unfamiliar ways of peace. The dictum that ought to orientate British foreign policy is that an established peace is the best security, and this antiquates all military policies; but. the Foreign Secretary must remember that no country can move far beyond the others. The Foreign Secretary cannot isolate his country, but he can keep the world moving rapidly. 'Hie time is overdue for evacuating tho Rhineland, and for settling all of the reparations, and also for accepting Russia as a fact. British relations with the United States should be put on a satisfactory footing, not by unofficial talks, but officially and formally.