Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 16/410
Title
Text of an address by Hamilton as Rector of Edinburgh University, 1933, on topics including the vulnerability of Hong Kong and Singapore to Japanese attack
Date(s)
- 1933 Mar 2 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
32pp
Scope and content
Typescript of address by Hamilton as Lord Rector to the students of Edinburgh University, criticizing the League of Nations for its inability to effect international disarmament and for its provocation of Japan by the arms embargo, proposing that Hong Kong and Singapore were vulnerable to Japanese attack, and calling for international control over civil aircraft to prevent their use in war. 32pp. With edition of The Student, 7 Mar 1933, containing printed version of the speech.