New Britain herald., 1924-09-04
HOPE FOR PEACE
 IS IN ARBITRATION
Macdonald Stresses Need Of League of Nations
lSKS CONFERENCE ABROAD
oocs Not Think Another Disarma- ment Farley should be Held in Washington--Wants Germany in League--America to Enter.

Washtngton--Wants Germany in
 League--America to Enter.
 " The Associated Press.
 Geneva, Sept. 4.-Prime Minister Macdonald of Great Britain, speak ng with force, declared to the as- ,embly of the league of nations today hat Great Britain saw the only hope of future peace in the extension of the policy of arbitration and the de- velopment of the league of nations.
 He warned the world against re- garding national security as merely military problem based on the predominance of force, and urged .he convocation of a disarmament conference in Europe attended by representatives of all countries, in- cluding the United States and Ger many.
 Premier Mcdonald paid a great compliment to what America had done to help Europe and he voiced the opinion that some day America would enter the league, not because she has been appealed to or subject ed to pressure, but because Europe had been wise enough to make peaceful efforts successful thereby causing America's town heart" to incline her to the step. N
 He expressed the hope that soviet Russia was now changing in such a fashion as to permit her to take her part in cooperating with the Euro- pean system thus completing the au- thority and influence of the league.
 He emphasized the extreme dif- f1culty of defining the terms, security and aggression declaring:
 Everybody knows that assigning the responsibility for aggression is the last thing done and it is always done by historians who write 50 years after the aggression has been made and never by politicians who live through the beginnings of the war"
 The best way of handling the problem of aggression, he said was to set up court or courts of arbi- tration.
 Hopes We Are Not Weary
 The British statesmen praised America for taking the first step dn the reduction of naval armaments and he expressed the hope that Washington was not weary of it's well-doing." Land armaments kon- stituted a more difficult problem. he said and if the assembly of the league decided at this moment to call an international conference on land armaments, he was convinced that such an effort would meet with failure because the preparations for 1t were inadequate.
 The atmosphere must be prepared and that was the supreme opportu- nifty of the league from this moment onward, he. continued within this year, he was convinced that national fears and criticisms could be re- moved and real arbitration started by the creation of the right kind of a commission endowed with de- termination to carry out its work determination such as that which characterized the London confer ence, one which would not be baked by obstacles. If this were done. the league within a year could summon all of the nations to successful conference.
 After repeating that the new con- ference must be held in Europe, Mir. Macdonald recommended that the covenant be elaborated and that the authority of the council be exercised so as to insure the continued exist ence and prosperity of the league. Clauses 10, 12, IS. Is and 16 might we'll form themselves into a charter of peace. he said. if the nations would apply them and fill them out.
 Calls For Conference.
 Finally the British premier urged that an immediate start be made towards teh preparation for a dis armament conference, thus advanc- Ing the lasting interests of peace.
 In French circles here, Mir. Mac Donald's address was commented upon as being too vague. as offer- Ing disarmament without guaran- tees and arbitration without sanc- tions. The proposals were consid- cred impracticable and disappoint- ing.
 Before he began his speech, which was delivered before a crowded hall, he conferred with the representatives of the British dominlons, outlining to them the main issues he would follow.
 Premier Mcdonald, mounted the rostrum of the assembly at eleven o'clock to begin his address amid tremendous applause, all the dele gates standing in their places.
 Would Widen League Prestige
 During his address he declared that the British empire would do everything in its power to widen the influence and prestige of the league of nations.
 Declaring that Great Britain was intensely interested in the problem of security Mir. Macdonald added:
 But we do not believe that mili- tary alliances can bring becurity." Such alliances like mustard seeds which finally produce tree, would bring the world back to the situation which existed before pacts based on military alliances would break up the league. and certainly cause great secessions he declared.
 Through the league he said it was hoped to lay surely and finally the foundations of peace. The future happiness of the world must be based on agreements reached