The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-26
JOINS
i. s. IN STAND
ON SECURITY
American Attitude Praised
in Historic Statement by
Sir John Simon.
SUPPORT PLEDGED
Continent Is Warned That
England Will Assume No
Further Obligations.
BY w. G.
United Press Staff Correspondent

LONDON, May 26.-Great Britain
joined with President Roosevelt to-
day in a common attitude toward
European security demands.
In an historic pronouncement in
the house of commons, Sir John
Simon, foreign secretary, announced
Britain's unequivocal support of the
United States attitude on security
pacts," and informed the CONT
mental powers that Britain would
assume no further obligations than
she already has taken to protect
them from war.
Tribute Paid U. S.
Sir John paid eloquent tribute to
the offer of the United States to
modify its old policy of neutrality
affecting the freedom of the seas
doctrine-as a contribution to world
peace.
Britain" he said, nov has no
ground for complaint whatever"
The old idea of standing with
folded arms between a nation which
is an aggressor and a nation which
is oppressed is gone" he continued.
Il cannot express how much we
should value this effort now being
made by the American government
and by its President to cooperate
with us, and abandon a tradition
which the American people them
selves jealousy guarded"
Resembles British Way
The American way of looking at
the problem of consultative pacts,
Sir John said, also is character
istically the British way of looking
at it, namely, she must judge the
circumstances at a time when these
circumstances are known"
In contrast with that, there is
another way of approach-to make
declarations in cold blood and in
cold print prescribing the course of
action n might take" he con-
tinued. That is the continental
way.
1T is thoroughly characteristic
of the continental mind-I mean no
reproach-that it approaches all
these things with the belief, You
write it down in advance, and all
will come out all right"
He concluded by saying that al
though the nations still are not
agreed definitely or the problem of
the European security demand, the
contribution made by the American
government goes far to meet that
demand, when coupled with pro-
visions for supervision of arma-
ments."
Speech Called Remarkable
"a necessary condition for achiev-
ing effective disarmament in Euro
pean relations" he said, should be
improved confidence and restored
cooperation to take the place of
intense rivalry and suspicion"
Sir Austen Chamberlain described
Slmon's speech as lone of the most
remarkable and encouraging state
ments made by a foreign minister
in years."
NO more important declaration
ever was made by one of the great
est governments in the world than
made at Geneva by Norman
Davis" he said. America, in max
ing a reservation therein, however,
reserved to herself no more than
every power who sits with the
League of Nations reserves for it
self by the league covenant.
Il have no more doubt in the
faith of the American people than I
would doubt our own good faith to
fulfill Locarno.'
George Lansbury, labor leader,
recalling the reputation of Wood
row Wilson by Congress, expressed
skepticism of treaties generally and
declared the Sino-Japanese war
has proved the utter futility of all
treaty signing