The Archive · 1928

BRITAIN'S PROGRESS

DISARMAMENT

Lord Cushenden's Regret -that More has mot been Done London, Apr. 2

Lord Cushenden, speaking at the League of Nations Union meeting, last night, expressed his disappoint ment that more had not been in progressive international disarmament,—but emphasized that, without waiting for any international agreement, Great Britain, for economy and other reasons, had already carried out a large measure of reduction, This reduction was particularly notable in the person-fel of the Navy and the tonnage of ships in the dockyarda, It might well be argued that Britatn's re. ductions in the fighting strength of the three services amply carried out her obligations to reduce her armaments to the lowest level con-latent with public safety, but Brit:

in had offered to do more, and was reached. One of the great obstacles at Geneva was the different views taken by the nations on conseription, but he had found that very much larger measures of disarm: ment would be accomplished although, in itself, it was not the only factor in maintaining peace British Wireless Through Reuter,

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