The Archive · 1929

Disarmament Not Raised

He did not raise the question of general disarmament, his difficulty in preparing for the Five-Powe: Naval Conference being sufficiently great. He said that it would be time to prepare for the sequel of general disarmament when the Five-Power Conference was out of the way.

The Premier concluded by stating: that the question of debts was not discussed, Mr, Stanley Baldwin, the leader of the Conservative Party, said that he had long felt that Anglo-American relations suffered in comparison with, the relations between Britain and the Continental Powers. He had opened the subject of the British Premier going Amerien three years ago, but a visit could not usefully have taken place before now. He added that My, Macdonald had earned the gratitude of all parties, for he had taken the first possible moment tu make a visit and had acted throughout as the Premier of Britain and not as a party leader—Reuter.

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