| Show I New U. U S. S Policy of r Peace Cooperation T L j Praised by Britons r t. Simon Sima Chamberlain Stress J High High- Importance High Importance of t. t Davis Statement S 'S s STATE ENGLAND'S VIEWS r y i Progress r gress in Geneva Parley y r Is Emphasized V hi h- h i 11 0 Dr Br Pm a t LONDON May 26 26 The The new American Amer Amer- dean ican policy of ot cooperation with other Rations to avert any threat of ot war was WU hailed as an important step today today today to to- day by Sir John Simon the foreign secretary and Sir Austen Chamberlain Chamber lain gain one of ot his predecessors in that 05 est t. t r Sir John speaking in the house of ot commons asserted the new American doctrine as explained by Norman H H. Pavis JavIs American ambassador at ambassador large large at the Geneva disarmament conference confer confer- nce ence amounted to abandonment of the e idea of ot standing with folded arms as a mere spectator from afar tf f t struggles between two other states ne of which was in the wrong w el Sir Austen said no more important declaration had been made by any than the Davis declara lion tion I declara-I The foreign secretary Informed the Blouse souse louse that Britain intends to assume Jio no new continental obligations Speaking Speaking Speak- Speak ing bg of the commitments of Britain tinder the league of ot nations covenant and nd the Locarno pac pacts he declared v I These obligations we shall strive jo perform but our friends on on the continent well understand and it cannot cannot can can- not be too clearly understood that itis its it js is s no part of the policy of Britain to assume fresh and additional obliga- obliga Sir John dwelt upon the value o of the new attitude of the United States toward neutrality which he said amounted to an m abandonment of the Idea of ot of standing with folded arms anns as ns a mere spectator from afar alar of struggles between two other states one of which was in the wrong and the substitution of or this new doctrine for it What the American government and the president are doing now declared the foreign secretary was to tomake make an effort efort to cooperate in In a apiece apiece piece of world work and to abandon a tradition which the American people people peo pee plc have most jealously guarded while of course circumscribing most strictly and clearly the limits within which they undertook to go I This seemed lo 10 o him he declared to 10 make a a. fundamental change in prospect in American influence being being being be be- ing effectively exerted exerted af jf if unhappily hereafter we are faced with a con conn conflict filet where one side is judged con I by bythe bythe bythe the American people in common with I ourselves to be a party which should be discouraged and as far as possible put under pressure which neutrals might exert Sir John said i could be claimed that real rell pro progress ress was being made at Geneva but at the same time that there were extremely disturbing signals signals sig sig- sig nals about He praised the statesmanlike and moderate modera te terms of ot Chancellor Hiter's Hitler's Hitler's Hit- Hit lers ler's declaration last week before the German Gennan reichstag It It would be foolish not to recognize that hat in these matters words are not I the same things as deeds he added and declared that hp hG h attached quite as much importance to the German Gennan governments government's withdrawal of amendments amendments amendments amend- amend ments to the British disarmament plan which would have had a shattering shattering shattering shat shat- effect on the prospects pros of a disarmament convention He concluded that it would be foolish to harbor the hope that the cont conference nce was on the eve of some definite and final agreement but he i believed there was a very good spirit spin in the effort cHort now v being made to go through h the British plan plin article by article POINTS NEW POLICY Participating in the debate Sir Austen Chamberlain said no more important declaration had been made by any government than the Davis statement at Geneva Gencva which represented represented represented the gradual evolution of ot a new tradition or a new principle of of- pol pol- icy Sir Austen who has served previous prey prey- ous governments as foreign secretary and chancellor of the exchequer did die not share the view of ot those who discounted discounted dis counted the Importance of the Davis declaration because America reserved the right to be the judge of ot who was wa the aggressor He pointed out that tha Britain made a similar reservation inthe in inthe n the Locarno treaty The reservation was Inevitable I and did not lessen its ilc the American declarations declaration's value because I would no more doubt the good faith of ot the American people in this matter than I would doubt our own faith in fulfilling ful fu ul filling the Locarno obligations he said |
