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Show DISARMAMENT A SUCCESS ESSENTIAL, PREMIER DECLARES MANCHESTER, March 29. In a special spe-cial edition today on the question of a league of nations, the Guardian prints articles from many prominent statesmen, including Lord Haldane, former secretary secre-tary of war; Viscount Bryce, former ambassador am-bassador to the United States; Albert Thomas, the French Socialist leader, and. Premier Lloyd George. The premier, in his message, says: "Nothing is more Important than tnai public opinion should inform itself on this subject. All our hopes of saving the world from a repetition of tho unfathomable unfathoma-ble cataclysm of 1914 center upon our working out practical means by which the nations of the earth can conduct the common affairs of the world in friendly 1 co-operation instead of jealous rivalry. ! The league of nations represents the j greatest attempt that ever has been made to substitute reason and justice for force and intrigue as the governing principle prin-ciple of international relations. "The principle of a league of nations has been accepted, but the league, will prove fruitless if it is to be no more than a new piece of international organization. What matters is that the units which nm ke up this organization shall be inspired in-spired by a real determination to work in dose harmony together for the betterment better-ment and liberty oi mankind. Nations must not let themselves believe that in having drawn up a paper constitution the peace of the world has been made secure. If they allow themselves to be misled by this policy they will only be reawakened by a new war. They have to see that the league of nations is made an effective instrument for the solution of every international inter-national problem by their own readiness to make sacriiices In its behalf. - "The United States and Great Britain, who have taken such a leading and honorable hon-orable part iu promoting this beneficent scheme, must give a practical demon-stmtion demon-stmtion of their belief in it. "Disarmament is an essential condition of success. We cannot expect the nations ravaged by the war to trust their desolated deso-lated lauds to the protection of the league if its advocates hesitate to show any confidence themselves in its guardianship. guard-ianship. To set up a society of nations to insure fraternity among the peoples of I he earth, while at the same time Increasing In-creasing the armies and navies to Insure effective fratricide, is to make mockery of a srreat ideal." |