DISARMAMENT PARLEY

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 700, 27 June 1929, Page 1

DISARMAMENT PARLEY

MACDONALD. DAWES AND GIBSON PRIME MINISTER HOPEFUL British Official Wireless &ecd. 11.24 a.m. RUGBY, Wed. The Prime Minister, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, yesterday had a further conversation on disarmament with the American Ambassador, Mr. C. G. Dawes, during which Mr. Hugh GibB °n. who represented the United States on the Preparatory Disarmament Committee, was also present. Mr. Gibson reached London last to discuss the question with Mr. Dawes. Referring to this conversation durlaS a speech at a Labour Party gathlast night, the Prime Minister used: “J am hopeful. I will put it 110 higher than that.” The Prime Minister said: “The f_ e at thing that is wanted in the °rld today is the cap-acity of difterth nations to put themselves in each t'h rB . shoes, and that will be one of he things we shall try to do in the uhduct of negotiations. I hope that etore many days we shall be in a i sition to make an announcement of d °* the negotiations are to be conh la '' w here the conference is to be n d what objects we shall aim jMr. Arthur Henderson, the Foreign Ef I5 tary . said U would be the aim the Government to promote by e ry means In its power international rr ac * good relations with all it hoped to accomplish ,n this direction that Permanently constructive, v **■ t 0 remove a large part of the hpl « ns of armaments, that rest so rm ly not only on Britain, but also Europe,