Question

Discuss problems of Disarmament.

Answer 1

HAVING taken part at various intervals during the past three years in discussions and negotiations bearing on a reduction and limitation in armaments, I am persuaded that there is no subject on which it is quite so difficult and yet so necessary and important to get general international agreement. There is, indeed, no problem that involves more intricate technical and political questions affecting national pride and ambition, or national policy and security. Nations will not discard their arms or limit their sovereign right to arm unless, or until, they are convinced that it is safe and in their interest t