PREFER PEACE RISKS TO THE RISKS OF WAR
RAMSAY MACDONALD SPEAKS TO GERMANS ON TASK OF TO-DAY (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Reed. 9 a.m. BERLIN, Tuesday. The causes of the World War were infinitely complex, declared Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, in his Reichstag speech. The policy of seeking allies was antiquated and must be replaced by a policy of seeking friends. The Kellogg Pact and Locarno were useless mnless there was a spirit of peace in the world. The defect at the Geneva meetings was that each nation had visions of a fresh war. The first task of statesmen was to make people prefer the rlsjcs of peace to the risks of war. A great deal of useless discussion had gone on between Britain, Japan and America, with each country thinking only of her own armaments. It would be better if the United States joined the League. If she does not, the sooner Europe helps herself the better. “Personally, under no circumstances would I ever agree to enforce the stipulations of a peace treaty by an appeal to arms.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 487, 17 October 1928, Page 11
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