Mr. Lloyd George drew attention tu! the economic aspect of the problem and said, as one of those who had represented the Empire in making the Treaty of Versailles, "I feel under an obligation to. say that I do not believe you can have peace until you reconsider mandates, and other nations should be informed of Great Britain's: readiness to do so."
'After' reviewing the collapse in recent years of the hopes founded fon the Locarno Pacts and the Paris Peace Pacts he referred to the recent Increases in world armaments and the situation of tension, uncertainty land menace they created, Two great countries in Europe, he added, were apprehensive of encirclement—Germany and Russia. Germany was frightened of Russia and France, and Russia was frightened of Germany and Japan, Was it not possible to break this circle of fear before it was too late? Elsewhere, economic considerations were of great importance.
Mr, Lloyd George mentioned Japan's action in the Far East and Holy's resort to war in East Africa, He declared he was not in favour of giving away bits of tne British Empire, but, in the course of a review the colonial problems, he suggest" reconsideration of the distribution of Bristol, declared that Mr. Lansbury's way of securing peace was to give everything away. Mr. Lansbury hotly assented, upon which Mr, Bernays asked whether there was" anything, for which the former leader of the Opposition would resist, In reply, Mr. Lansbury said there was nothing for which he would take human life. There were other methods of fighting than killing somebody.
The view that the proposed confer ence would be foredoomed to failure was expressed by Lieut-Col, L. S, Amery, Conservative member for the Sparkbrook division of Birmingham, What hope was there, he asked, of any of the Powers coming to such conference prepared to surrender territory or {0 alter their economic policies?
The reply of the Government to Mr. Lansbury's resolution was made by Lord Cranborne, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs,
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