A SOLDIER’S WARNING
POWERS ARMING FOR WAR GRAVE FOREBODINGS FELT LONDON, March 6. A grave warning against the increasing competition in armaments and the danger of another great war was uttered by Field-Marshal Sir 'William Robertson in a speech at Stoke. Although all nations now condemned war, he said, preparations for war continued.
All the great Powers, except Britain, were spending to-day more on armed forces than they were live years ago. France and Italy had approximately the same number under arms as in 1914. Germany was constantly complaining about what it termed its “defenceless position,” and the military restrictions imposed upon her. by the Versailles Treaty could not be much longer maintained. Other Central European Powers were strongly armed, and some were at daggers drawn. America accepted the Kellogg Pact, but did not allow that to interfere with the building of 15 additional cruisers.
The only way out, said Sir William, was for all nations to join in support of the League of Nations, and give each other’s national interests the same consideration as one individual expected to give another.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 610, 12 March 1929, Page 9
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181A SOLDIER’S WARNING Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 610, 12 March 1929, Page 9
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