Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-27

PREMIER MACDONALD.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, october 27.-Emphasiz.ng
the worlds hopes for disarmament,
Prime Minister Macdonald asserted
today that the solution of the Ameri-
Observation-Disclosures naval problem
under the London naval treaty should
be a great source of encouragement to
future endeavors in such agreements.
The text of the prime minister's
statement follows in part:
This morning attended dignifled
little ceremony of the deposit of ratifi-
cations of the London naval treaty.
The notifications deposited were those
of his majesty, the King, in respect o.:
the members of the British common
wealth of nations. of the United States
of America and his majesty, the En-
peror of Japan. Owing to purely
technical difficulty, the Kings ratifi-
cation in respect of the Irish Free State
could not be deposited today, but the
delay is not expected to be more than
few weeks at the outside and at the
end of that time the treaty VIII come
into force as between the powers which
have ratified it.
Although .the ceremony was short
and simple, it represented the culmlna-
ton of the second successful effort IN
naval disarmament.
Hopes Race Ended for Good.
1.-THE first was taken at Washington
in 1929, when the five principal naval
powers agreed to the limitation and
regulation of their capital ship and ar
craft carrier construction. NOW, 1or
the first time in history, the three prin-
cipal naval powers will put into opera
ton a system of limitation and reduc-
ton which will apply to all parts OF
their respective fleets up to 1886. Thus
for the period named, and We fondly
hope for all time, the evils of naval
rivalry have been eliminated between
them.
"The treaty was also signed by
France and Italy, but these two powers
are not yet parties to that section OF
the treaty which limits naval strength.
It is my most earnest hope that the
negotiations which have recently been
proceeding between France and Italy to
enable them to come into this part OF
the treaty may before long reach
successful issue. ~
ultimate failure is to me unthink-
| able, for world hopes for the progress
| of disarmament are focused on these
efforts and the good wishes of all OF
US must 60 out to those who are re-
spcnsible for these difficult negotiations.
What happy day for the world will be
the day Of that agreement! What a
vast addition to national security VIII
4 then 'be nadel How high will the value
of our peace efforts then rise!
Preceded by Years Of Work.
"Those who read that part Of the
London naval treaty, which settles the
ratios between the United States, Japan
| and ourselves up TO 1896, may think
| this a fairly simple matter, but In
reality the success of today was pre-
coded by years Of abortive negotiatlon
and by the emergence OF problems
| which at one time looked weH-n1gn IN
| soluble The way of the peace-maker,
| and not only Of the transgresser, Is
verify hard.
During all those years there were
natural feelings of irritation and suspl-
| cion in the countries concerned and be-
| hind all lurked the dark specter OF the
race in ornaments which has so often
| in the past proved to be the current
running down to war. Unless we-and
| by that I mean every naval power IN
the world-manage to stop this now
history will inevitably repeat itself. ,
perhaps there is no better way OF
! estimating the gravity Of the dangers
and difficulties which we have escaped
| than by recognizing the enormous bene-
| At to the relations between the three
| powers which has become apparent
since the signature Of the treaty. ]
make bold to state that at no time In
their history have the relations between
the governments Of the United States
and Japan and the governments OF the
| British commonwealth of nations been
| closer or more cordial than they have
been since the signature of the treaty,
and what Is true of the governments is
/ true Of the people and will become IN
creasingly so as time goes on and the
essential fairness and value Of the
treaty is understood by an ever-increas-
ing circle.
Pact Target Of Attacks.
"Of course, the treaty has been at
| tackled in this country as in the United
States and Japan, but an interesting
comparison has been made Of the argu-
ments used by the protagonists OF this
| campaign in each OF the three coun-
tries and they have been found to can
eel themselves out almost completely.
| In other words, each group of critics
! has considered the treaty unfair to its
| own country for reasons which, when
tabulated, have been found to be almost
| identical.
1.-The friendly relationship and COL
alterations between our countries which
| Is directly attributable to this treaty
should surely be q great source of en-
couragement TO those who are now en-
deavoring to reach agreement among
themselves and afterward with us.
However painful may sbe the process Of
negotiation, success has the effect Of
smoothing away dreaded international
difficulties in an almost magical way,
and surely some slight sacrifice of
claims hitherto considered important is
worth while with such glorious goal
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