Viscount Cecil in the course of a! letter to Me, Baldwin emphasizes that his resignation is in nowise, due to any personal difficulty. the other hand, he pays a tribute: to his colleagues for their kindness sideration.
of ull" writes Viscount Cecil, "have 1 a grievance against, Mr, Bridgeman," with whom, resumes, he has worked in. very, close agreement at Geneva, but on a broad policy of disarmament the anajerity of the Cabinet and himself have not really agreed.
Viscount Cecil expresses the opinion that the limitation of arm ments is the most important question of the day, and declares that he chief energies of the Government ought to be concentrated on. that question, He alludes to the spring session of the Preparatory Disarmament, Conference when, he declares, he was repeatedly compelled to maintain propositions which were difficult to reconcile with a serious desire for success. Nevertheless, he 0 en, he went to the recent Confer ence believing that an agreement would be reached,—Unfortunately failure followed and the cause for that failure may have to be probed when Parliament meets.
In the meantime, Viscount Cecil concludes, it is sufficient for him. to say that he was out of sympathy with the instructions he received and that he believed that an agree. ment might have een roached which would have sacrificed no essential BY: tish interest.
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