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Perhaps the grimmest aspect of this great paradox is that the very nations that are chiefly responsible for starting and for maintaining the Disarmament Conference are also the nations that have begun a new arms race.

Arthur Henderson

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Arthur Henderson
Age: 72 †
Born: 1863
Born: September 13
Died: 1935
Died: October 20
British Politician
Politician
Trade Unionist
Glasgow
Scotland
Rt. Hon. Arthur Henderson
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