PEACE POLICY

Hokitika Guardian, 5 June 1929, Page 2

PEACE POLICY

Mil, HOOKER’S INTENTIONS. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). WASHINGTON, June 4. As London despatches indicate that the British expectations are that Mr Ramsay MacDonald would initiate naval reduction proceedings if he wcie made Prime Minister, there is a growing conviction here that the world is on the verge of another great .disarmament attempt. It is generally believed that President Hoover is about to announce a bold stroke on his own initiative shortly. The President has asked the naval experts to formulate a ‘‘yardstick ’ for naval, reduction plans, and it is understood that General Dawes is sailing for London on the 7th. of June with full authority to open negotiations for new considerations, and perhaps with a naval formula in his pocket.

U.S.A. CRUISER PROGRAMME TO BE CARRIED OUT. WASHINGTON, June 4. That President Hoover has no intention of either modifying or abandoning the United States’ cruiser building programme, has been indicated by some who have sought to interpret his Memorial Day address, and the recent statement on disarmament of U.S.A. Secretary Stimson. Attention is called in high administrative circles to the tact that the construction ol fit teen additional ten thousand ton ships is made mandatory by Congress, at least unless r.n agreement for the reduction of seavowor is reached bv the leading , nations. and is ratified by the U.S.A Senate.