SIR A. CHAMBERLAIN
A REPORTED INTERVIEW. (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) LONDON, March 7. The latest attempt to arouse discord in Anglo-American relations in New York appears in a dispatch from Geneva, purporting to reveal that Sir A. Chamberlain, in a confidential conference with British journalists, described the Kellogg Pact as merely an American gesture, suitable for Americans alone. Further, when lie was asked regarding the Pact’s effect on disarmament, Sir Austin said: “They are building fifteen cruisers, aren’t they? Disarmament is least affected by the Washington manoeuvre.” Sir A. Chamberlain, shown the statement, gave a categorical denial. British United Press correspondents at Geneva says Sir A. Chamberlain did make a confidential statement to correspondents but fearing he would be misinterpreted he forbid 'publication. This was obeyed' except by one American correspondent who got the story second ha nd.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HOG19290308.2.30
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Hokitika Guardian, 8 March 1929, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
139SIR A. CHAMBERLAIN Hokitika Guardian, 8 March 1929, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hokitika Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in