Lord Dickinson (Liberal) epened.& Agiate on international disarmament referred. to. the. conference which the Council of the Langue of Hates fa dei shou meet in february next, Year. said that while international come petition in army could not, be regarded as The question was whether disurma. ment was possible. He believed was, and there was a reali chance of its being brought about.
Lord Bridgeman (Conservati said that Britain alone of the Bur= ropean countries had made enormous reductions in he 1 "strength Which could only be justified if they: were met by. ccrtesponding re-Guetions by the other Powers. They must all hope for the success of the conference next year. He hoped that the Government would be able to give seme comforting assurance that the other Powers did propose to reduce their aromaments, but the figures of their expenditures seemed rather to indicate that they were increasing them, Lord Parmoor, replying for the Government, said that he endorsed Viscount Gectl's statement. The risk of nations falling again into the [conditions of progressive aromament rivalry vhich had caused the Great must by all means be thout being alarmist, he could not help feeling that delay meant risk and might bring great difficulties In conclusion Lord Parmoot paid, a tribute to the work of Viscount Cecil over many yer international Wireless through Reuter,
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