"It everybody is willing to disarm, we are willing to disarm, but since others are not disarming, we must fill the gaps in our defences in order to make the country safe, preserve jthe Empire and full our obligations towards other nations.
"We are not supporting the League of Nations for the sake of doing We are supporting the League because we believe that, through. it, /we may be able to prevent war and establish peace by collective action. It the League cannot do that, then it is not going to full the function we expect, but we must be satisfied that it cannot do that before sbandoning what seems at present to be the only hope of establishing permanent peace in the world."
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