Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19
Simultaneous Speeches of
Dawes and Macdonald
Pave Way for Farley.
PREMIER SEES NO ISSUE
BETWEEN TWO NATIONS
Anglo-American Relations Held
Advanced by Friendly Talks
Of Pair of Statesmen.
BY The Associated Press.

LONDON, June 19.--Great Britain
today expectantly awaited the next
move toward closer rapprochement with
the United States after simultaneous
speeches last night by Ambassador
Dawes and Prime Minister Ramsay
Macdonald stressing friendship OF the
two nations and paving the way for
naval reductions.
The speeches of Ambassador Dawes
before the Pilgrims Society and Of the
prime minister before the town council
of his native village of Lossiemouth,
Scotland, were clothed In generalities
and presumably were purposely vague,
but few doubted more concrete pro-
posals, probably for a meeting on naval
disarmament, would be forthcoming
from some source soon.
The premier and Ambassador them
selves, IN their announcement Of the
speeches Sunday at Forres, Scotland,
said the simultaneous addresses might
be considered as the beginning of the
negotiations on disarmament.
All Countries Involved.
spoke only briefly on the Anglo Amer
ican situation, finally declaring that no
negotiations would be entered into with
out possible participation of every coun-
try concerned.
Ambassador Dawes, after declaring
that an agreement on naval reduction
was the next logical follow to the Kel-
logg antt-war treaty. set forth highly
reasoned argument for a conference OF
tai 80 4.
rather than of naval experts who, he
said. were more interested in naval
maintenance than naval reduction.
The experts task in the next negoti-
ations, Gen. Dawes said. would be to
flx upon naval yardstick" or stand
ard of equivalent naval values, recon-
CLING such divergent factors as age.
displacement, gun elevation, etc. With
such Q "yardstick, he said. the states
men could work
The speech Of Ambassador Dawes last
night was as follows:
We are in a period when mankind,
emerged from Its greatest cataclysn1-
the World Wars lifting its eyes from
the darkness Of the past toward the
sunlight Of international peace and
tranquility. 1t is the era of effort for
world construction-moral and material.
The ratification of the Kellogg peace
dCcby, WHICH AS JI1S dETGeQ-uDOn express
sion OF world intention, has one of its
first effects in pronounced change in
the form OF International discussion of
the worlds peace. The closing of the
discussion upon the form of the express
sion of the principle and the inception
OF the discussion of the practical meth
ods by which to make it effective prove
the existence Of the general determina-
tion to make the treaty not a mere
Q0cfIifR fNIIndatinn ~
OF peace on earth and good will toward
men,
The matter OF first importance at
the present time is that the friends of
the worlds peace move unitedly toward
that objective with clear understand
ing among themselves that any effort
which is not united effort is liable
to be ineffective and tending toward
disintegration.
To avoid confusion and delay en-
dangering their common objective, they
nov should not only unitedly consider
what steps should be taken toward it,
but the order in which those steps are
to be taken.
OF Outsta nding Importance.
The Importance of an early agree
n1ent on naval reduction by nations Is
Of outstanding Importance at the pres
ent time and IL would seem to be the
next step to be taken toward world
peace.
LAS to any other controverted ques-
tions between any nations, or between
Great Britain and the United States,
their future peaceful settlement, either
way, will not be endangered by the
cessation of an enormously expensive
naval competition In progress during
their discussion.
Congress has already by law COM
mitted the United States to an imme-
diate naval program involving over
$3.50 600 900. giving. however. TO the
President the power to suspend II in
the event of an international agreement
for the lirnita ton Of naval armament.
"On May 81 last the Secretary of
state Of the United States said: I have
in my possession a memorandum for
the director OF the budget showing the
cost of the program recommended by
the Navy Department In case the policy
Of naval reduction which the President
advocated is not adopted. That memo
randum shows that the authorized and
contemplated naval program for the
construction Of new ships alone
amounts to $i,170.000. 900.
when 1t is borne in mind that the
foregoing figures involve the construc-
ton program of only one nation. and
that If it proceeds other nations will
be impelled to follow suit. the burden
OF unproductive expenditure which will
be imposed upon the economic world
during the next Is years can to GER
tain extent be realized
My address tonight concerns itself
with suggestions as to change In
method for future negotiations for
naval disarmament.
Agreement upon method of nego-
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