DEPOSITED Y ITED STATES OF CONTENTS 1. Speech by the Secretary of State and Chairman of the American Dele- gation, Henry L. Stimson, at the banquet given by the British Gov- ernment, London, January 20, 1930- 2. Speech delivered by the Chairman of the American Delegation, Henry L. Stimson, at the opening session of the conference, London, Jan- uary 21, 1930__. 3. Statement by the Chairman of the American Delegation, Henry L. Stimson, at the plenary session of the conference, London, Jan- uary 23, 1930............. 4. Address delivered by the Chairman of the American Delegation, Henry L. Stimson, to the radio audiences of Great Britain and the United States, London, January 28, 1930....... 5. Speech delivered by the Honorable Hugh S. Gibson, American Ambas- sador to Belgium and Delegate to the London Naval Conference, at the plenary session of the conference, London, January 30, 1930____ 6. Radio address by the Honorable Joseph T. Robinson, United States Senator and Delegate to the London Naval Conference, London, 7. Statement to the Press by the Chairman of the American Delegation, Henry L. Stimson, London, February 6, 1930.......... 8. Speech delivered by the Chairman of the American Delegation, Henry L. Stimson, at the plenary session of the conference, London, Feb- 9. Statement by the Chairman of the American Delegation, Henry L. Stimson, in conversation with newspaper correspondents, London, 10. Radio address by the Honorable David A. Reed, United States Sena- tor and Delegate to the London Naval Conference, February 16, 1930___. 11. Speech by the Honorable Joseph T. Robinson, at the luncheon of the Association of American Correspondents, London, February 19, 1930__. 12. Radio address by the Secretary of the Navy, Charles Francis Adams, Delegate to the London Naval Conference, London, March 2, 1930- 13. Statement to the Press by the Chairman of the American Delegation, Henry L. Stimson, London, March 6, 1930....... 14. Delegation press statement, London, March 26, 1930- 15. Statement to the Press by the Honorable David A. Reed, London, 18. Statement to the Press by the Honorable Joseph T. Robinson, London, 19. Radio address to the United States by the Honorable Joseph T. Robinson, London, April 20, 1930___ 20. Radio address by the Chairman of the American Delegation, Henry L. Stimson, to the Associated Press Luncheon in New York City, 21. Address by the Chairman of the American Delegation, Henry L. Stimson, at the final plenary session of the conference, London, 22. Radio address to the United States by the Honorable David A. Reed, 23. Remarks of the Chairman of the American Delegation, Henry L. Stimson, at the reception tendered to the Delegation by the city of New York, New York, April 29, 1930.. 24. Remarks of the Honorable Joseph T. Robinson at the reception tendered to the Delegation by the city of New York, New York, 25. Radio speech by the Honorable Dwight W. Morrow, American Am- bassador to Mexico and Delegate to the London Naval Conference, Page SPEECHES AND PRESS STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN DELEGATION, JANUARY 20 APRIL 29, 1930 Speech by the Secretary of State and Chairman of the American Delegation, Henry L. Stimson, at the Banquet given by the British Government, London, January 20, 1930 It is a great pleasure to acknowledge the gracious hospitality with which we have been received by our hosts on this occasion. It also is a great privilege to speak for the visiting delegations to the conference and to voice our appreciation of this invitation and of the importance of the occasion for which we are met. I am confident that each of our nations appreciates the greatness of this opportunity. The people of the United States recognize this as one of those rare occasions of history out of which, provided only the necessary conditions of spirit are present, a long and permanent step forward on the road towards peace may be taken for all the nations of the earth. Those conditions are mutual good will and an honest effort on the part of each one of us to understand the circumstances and difficulties which surround our sister nations here represented. I earnestly plead for such good will and such an endeavor. I earnestly plead that we approach this conference table with no desire to overreach our fellows, but with a sincere will to obtain a result which will be fair and beneficial to all. No other result will stand the test of time. No other accomplishment of this conference will be permanent. The chief purpose of our meeting is to transform the process of naval armament from a method of competition to one of mutual agreement and limitation. Economy is only an important byproduct of such an end. Our real aim is to remove the secrecy, the rivalry, the mutual irritation which inevitably attends the process of competition in armament and to leave each nation free to have an adequate national defense which will yet not be a source of worry and suspicion to its neighbors. Manifestly such a result can only be obtained by frankness and good will. Manifestly if any one of us leaves this conference feeling that his country has been coerced into an unfavorable agreement, our chief purpose will not have been attained. A sense of injury will remain as a rankling sore to plague. our mutual relations in future years. I think I can pledge you that the American Delegation, sincerely endeavoring to carry out the lofty purposes of their Chief, the President of the United States, will enter the conference in such a spirit of frankness and good will. We are honored that His Majesty the King, whose hospitality we have enjoyed to-day and whose subjects from all parts of the British commonwealth of nations are represented at the conference, will open our deliberations. We also feel that we are most happy in the personality of the gentleman who is the chief delegate of the nation which is our hostthe Right Honorable Ramsay MacDonald. Mr. MacDonald upon his recent visit to the United States made a deep and lasting impression upon my countrymen. They were strongly attracted by his character. They followed his utterances with warm approval. To them he seemed the personification of international good will and of a lofty desire for peace on earth. His visit was neither intended to nor did in any way negotiate changes in the official relations of the two countries. But my countrymen regard Mr. MacDonald's connection with this conference as an earnest of the good will which they hope will animate its councils. We feel that we have a fortunate augury also in our friendly and sympathetic relations with each of the other three nations represented here. The feelings of the average American citizen for France are flavored with an affection which dates back to the foundation of our nation and which received a new and powerful impulse in our admiration for her gallant fight for human liberty in the Great War. Our ties with Italy stretch between thousands of homes in either country and America has followed Italy's rapid growth in union and nationality during the past century with keen interest and admiration. Towards Japan we have not only a friendship and esteem based on long and intimate association since the earliest days of her intercourse with western nations, but also a high appreciation of her vital service to the world as a great stabilizing force in the Far East. Knowing these facts and sentiments as I do, I have no hesitation in pledging you the success of the coming conference. I feel confident that each of us in the spirit which I have referred to will join in a common effort to make of this meeting a great and notable landmark in humanity's progress towards that time when nations will dwell together in permanent confidence and amity and when all of their questions will be settled by the methods of justice and friendship and never by the arbitrament of force. |