The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-19
TELLS OF WORK FOR
PEACE IN BRITAIN
francis Nelson. VI. p. Says
Nation Is Aroused by Union
Of Democratic Control.
WARNING TO PARLIAMENT

WORCESTER. Mass, Dec. 1S.-At the
,se-roon session OF the Clark Cniver-
a.. conference on the problems and
llama NJ the war the Hon Francis
x.,.or member Of the House of Com
.ors smoke On The British Cnion for
n.uo,r,tir Control" Mr.. Nelson said {;
THE four cardinal points in the policy
=, the Union Of Democratic Control
were a. follows:
..xo province shall he transferred
,,om one Government to another with
AZ, the consent by plebiscite OF the popu-
,.,or Of such province.
: $40 treaty. arrangement or UNDER
,,kins shall hn entered upon in the
,,me ~ Great Britain without the sane
..on Of Parliament. Adequate machinery
for tn,uring democratic control Of for
esr policy shall be created.
",The foreign policy Of Great Britain
sbell not he aimed at creating alliances
for the purpose Of maintaining the bal
.nee Of power" but shall be directed to
the establishment OF a concert of Eu-
,one and the setting up of an inter-
national council. whose deliberations and
DECISIONS shall be made public.
"Great Britain shall propose as part
Of the peace settlement a plan for the
drastic reduction. by consent, of the
armam,nts Of all the belligerent Powers,
Ard 20 facilitate that policy shall at
tenn, 10 secure the general national
,sa,ion Of the manufacture of ornaments
And the prohibition of the export OF
srmaments by one country to another.
"The Union VI Democratic Control
Arose out Of the protest Of over thirty
members Of Parliament on August 3.
1914 These men had for many years
feared the foreign policy Of Great
Britain, and among them were some OF
Sir Edward Grey's strongest opponents.
though they were members OF the Lib
eral party.
Last month in q debate in the House
i O. Commons Mr.. Ponsonby spoke on the
necessity OF a declaration Of peace
terms. He warned the House that there
10 something more important than win
ming the war and that II is what o. win
/, by the war tn really matters. lie
asked 1t anybody thinking about
that" We have won wars In the past.
And military victories have been thrown
away IN the council chamber by diplo-
ms,is,s simply because the country did
no, realize what II went into the war
for
a few days later Mr.. Trevelyan ad-
dressed the House II asked the Prime
Minister two definite questions
"'Whe;her. where any offers Cd
ton are made by neutrals. or PROPOSE
ton Tor negotiation made by enemy bel
~lferents. the Government will. IL they
\ .ase The responsibility OF rejecting such
advances. let the country. in whose name
they act. know what these offers were?
Whether. In entering upo negotia-
tons which they hope will result In
peace. they will let the House Of Com
mons know the general terms which
they. In conjunction with the Allies. are
going TO propose"
This speech also was listened TO by
he House with deep attention. There Is
no doubt In the minds Of the leaders Of
The Union Of Democratic Control that {
g-e, change Is taking place in the po'
,;.cal ard social conscience OF Britain
In the House Of Lords in November las
t,,h Lord Courtney and Lord Loreborr
warned she peers that the time had CONT
to reconsider the question Of peac'
terms