FORMER BRITISH SERVICEMEN SUPPORT DISARMAMENT
Ottawa, Ontario (JFK+50) On July 17, 1921, "a proposal that the views of the seven million former soldiers and sailors of the British Empire on the question of universal disarmament be placed before the proposed world conference was made by the dominion command of the Great War Veterans' Association."
Field Marshal Earl Hay made the suggestion that the British Empire Service League** should advise the British representatives that the former servicemen are in support of disarmament providing there is "provision for the defense of the empire in case of emergency."
*The Great War Veterans' Association , founded in 1917, was Canada's largest & most powerful veterans organization until merging with others to form the Canadian Legion in 1925.
**British Empire Service League, founded in 1895 in London, worked to secure permanent unity of the British Empire.
SOURCE
"Seven Million British Veterans For Disarmament," The New York Tribune, July 18, 1921, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
