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STRONGER ARMED FORCES AMERICAN REJECTION OF DISARMAMENT [By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright] Received Feb. 13, 8.43 p.m. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. The Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, in a world-wide broadcast, inferentially rejected the proposals that | Mr. Roosevelt call an international ! disarmament conference. “It is a I sacred duty to strengthen the armed ' forces when the spectre of a major
■ war haunts the world,” said Mr. Hull. : Mr. Hull emphasised that the basic i-causes underlying war are chiefly ! economic and must be wiped out beI fore there can be a realistic solution to the problem. He stressed the complexity of modern warfare and the possibility that any nation might be drawn into a conflict against its will. “Any government worthy of the name would be derelict in its duty if it failed to provide proper defences, which must go hand-in-hand with unflagging efforts to prevent war by eliminating the causes of conflict,” said Mr. Hull.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 37, 14 February 1939, Page 7
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