GRIM REALITY.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19887, 16 May 1936, Page 7

GRIM REALITY.

THE DANGER OF WAR. LABOUR COUNCIL’B POLICY. REDUCTION OF ARMED FORGES. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. LONDON, May 14. Asserting that the danger of war is a grim reality, the International Council of Labour has issued a new policy statement. The Council advocates collective security, the creation of an international force and the reduction of national armed forces to the lowest number possible for supporting the peaceful settlement of foreign disputes. The statement says the Council refuses to support any Government which becomes involved in war through its own aggression. It bases Labour’s foreign policy upon the League, which it 'says is still the only organisation capable of preserving peace. Isolation is impossible for Britain, says the statement, because her Dominions are world-wide and Brifain herself is too near Europe. A World Commonwealth should be established to secure durable peace. No monopoly should deny the fruits of the earth to any other State. Fruits of Brutal Violenoe. The Abyssinian campaign had shown what Europe might expect, failing a realisation of tiie League system. Italy must be prevented from reaping the fruits of brutal violence. An effort must be made to discover a basis l’or negotiations with Herr Hitler, Germany being invited to participate in a European disarmament agreement on an equal footing. Dangerous exploitation of colonies for Imperialist profit must be eradicated. The Government should urge the League to summon a World Economic Conference to control raw materials and to afford all nations equality in the world’s undeveloped regions.