CARDIFF CONFERENCE.
LABOR PROTEST.
AGAINST NAVAL PROGRAMME. CLEAN HANDS NECESSARY. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.---Copyright. London, Sept. 8. The Cardiff Conference adopted a resolution protesting against the decision of the British Government to carry out an extensive programme of armaments, and asking for the suspension of all preparation for war until the Washington Conference was over.
Mr. Thomas, in moving the motion, claimed the right of organised Labor to be represented at Washington. Britain had to admit that within two years of signing the Versailles Treaty she had laid down four battleships at a cost of from £30,000,000 to £40,000,000. It was a mockery and farce. Were they not entitled to ask whom she was building against? The Anglo-Japanese Treaty caused more friction with America than anything else. The Americans rightly concluded that, in the event of war, Britain could only take sides against America. Nobody could conceive of circumstances warranting a rupture between Britain and America. Britain must go to Washington with clean hands and set an example by not proceeding with the construction of battleships.
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Taranaki Daily News, 10 September 1921, Page 5
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175CARDIFF CONFERENCE. Taranaki Daily News, 10 September 1921, Page 5
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