New Britain herald., 1929-06-19
Tell Briefly Of Hopes


 dation of an international conference on naval reduction was laid in speeches last night in London and at Lossiemouth. Scotland. by Am bassador Charles G. Dawes and Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald.
 The speeches left in doubt the next move to bring about the con- ference. In one sense they were couched in very general terms but in ! another they left no doubt as to the imminence of negotiations for naval disarmament in which every nation concerned may participate. Attacks Oltl Methods The feature of the two addresses was not their forecast of a naval reduction conference-which was ex- pected-but the solid attack deliver ed by General Dawes at former practice of leaving naval disarma- ment problems up to naval experts. whose prior interest. he charged. was naval maintenance rather than naval reduction.
 The prime minister's address was made before the Lossiemouth town council. Most of it dealt with local matters but a carefully prepared section mentioned the visit of Am bassador Dawes to Forrest last Sum day.
 The prime minister stressed the cordiality of their discussion and then he said: "As to the world wide purpose of what are known as the Anglo A American conversations. l hope that neither the large states nor the small ones shall have any doubt that they are not exclusive. They are inclusive.
 No Entanglements
 "The mighty republic across the Atlantic will enter into no European entanglements or alliances But no one ought to suspect that it will de- cline to serve the common interests of peace and democracy. There are obstacles to be surmounted. differ ing interests to be reconciled. some historical inheritances to be soothed and rivalries which are legitimate to be confined to their proper chan nels.
 That is the glorious task the happy conversations which the American amba ssador and I had opened up, and I would pray the whole nation. irrespective of party. tc share helpfully in our labors, to give us its confidence and to enable us to carry the work to success full conclusion"
 Gathering Distinguished
 The ambassadors speech was made before a distinguished gather ing in his honor at the Pilgrims society.
 It was his contention that naval reduction was the logical sequence to the Kellogg anti-war treaties and he mentioned the huge financial bur den the carrying out of present naval building programs would place upon nations
 General Dawes then went at length into the roles played by financial experts in the reparations and similar conferences, and de- SGiopcu tuc plopooltIoL tHdt as they were necessary to the suc- cess of those conferences they would impair rather than aid progress If they played similar parts in a naval conference.
 The financial experts would seek workable financial arrangement. he declared. whereas the naval expert had for his first thought mainten- ance of the navy of his own coun- try best to preserve its cumulative values against the navies of other countries.
 Navy Officer tO Navy
 '.rhe proper pride of naval of- ficer's life is his navy" the ambassa- dor said. His whole professional! career impels him to think of the navy only in terms of victory.
 If naval experts rise to proper sense of their responsibility he add ed the use by statesmen of their yardstick will not be one which will invite peril from those extrem" pacifists and extreme militarists who fern the lunatic fringe"
 xxxxI !, ish to say frankly tha. from commission of naval experts