ARMAMENTS

Hokitika Guardian, 27 September 1933, Page 5

ARMAMENTS

EFFORTS MAKING. TO REACH COMPROMISE. (British Official Wireless. J RUGBY, September 25, During the past week-end, further eva on disarmament questions. In exchanges of views took place at Genthese the British representatives, Sir J. Simon and Captain Eden, also Baron Aloisi '(ltaly), M. Boncour (France), Baron Von Nenrtli (Germany), Mr Davis (United States) and Mr Henderson (president of the Disarmament Conference) have all taken part. The “Times” says: These attempts to reconcile particular interests are designed to secure the maximum of common ground between Britain, France, Italy and the United -States on a basis to which Germany can reasonably agree. There is not, and there never was, any question of a united front to present Germany with i.ii “irreducible” scheme. It is rather the application of boardroom methods for the securing of an agreement in a merging of joint interests. Evident ly, at the first stage, nobody is going to allow the negotiations to break down for the sake of minor questions, though the period of concession and counter-concession has not been reached. The “Times” mentions that, parallel with political and technical armament discussions, the budget aspectof disarmament is being examined, and it is likely to play an important part- when the Conference is resumed.