The Archive · 1930

£1,000 2 Minute

London, Feb, 10.

Mr. Wakatsuki, the Chief Japanese delegate to the Naval Conference, spoke to the people of Japan to-day by beam telephony from Dorchester.

{His speech was re-broadcast throughout Japan.

The Japanese ex-Premier referred to the problems before the Conference, but. remarked that "a jean carry.the human voice from London to Tokyo, should inspire us fall to redouble our efforts to overcome the obstacles hindering the world's progress to peace."

That the people of Great Britain were at present spending 1,000 every minute for war purposes was the remarkable fact mentioned by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Philip Snowden, in a speech which was broadcast by beam telephony to the United States and Canada, Like Mz. Wakatsuki, the Chancellor fof the Exchequer spoke from Dorchester.

"Mr. Snowden said that the Naval Conference had 20 far progressed satisfactorily -and urged the peoples of the world "to make this genera-Yien a glorious inaugurator of a reign of peace."—Reuter.

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