FIT FOR THE CRIMINAL DOCK

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2571, 20 September 1915, Page 5

FIT FOR THE CRIMINAL DOCK

HEADS OF THE GERMAN WAR CONSPIRACY. MR. HOLMAN'S SPEECH By Tolesreuli—Mess Association-Copyright London, September 17. Tho Colonial Office, through the Press Bureau, has published the "Sydney Morning Horald's'.' report of the eloquent speech made by Mr. Holman, Premier of Now South Wales, at 'the commercial travellers' dinner on. July 26. Lin his speech, Mr. Holman said they desired to place themselves in such a military position that they could put upon their trial before British juries tho Kaiser and about twenty of his councillors who had been responsible, not only for the subsidiary crimes which had attended tho conduct of the war,' but the primary causes which precipitated upon humanity the catastrophe of tihe war itself. (Cheers.) "I am ono of those who hope," the' Premier added, "that, when victory is Rohieved, there will be no weakness, -no' shilly-shally, on iiho part, of the Allied Governments. (Cheers.) I take the opportunity when we are so near (he anniversary of,the opening of the war to say that I hope, when we have gained peace,- the Allied Governments, acting in tho interests of civilisation, will avail themselves- of so unprecedented an opportunity to declare tliat. ilio public law of Europe is no longer a law without sanction and without punishment, but that those who break the public law of Europe are to bo treated like criminals who break any other law—(cheers) —and 1 hope we shall have the pleasure of seeing some of tho members of the Great General Staff of tho German Empire, and some members of the German Ministry, placed upon their trial for wilful murder, and brought to account for the various acts committed at their instigation. If 1 live to see that day I shall feel that I have belonged to a nation and a race that deserves well of humanity, and has justified its existence ill the long and universal history of mankind." (Cheers.) Referring to the position at the front, Mr. Holman added that it must be with some mea- ; sure of anxiety that they looked forward to the military operations of the next few weeks. It appeared to him that the enemy began tihe war in the expectation that they would beat us in a few weeks, and, having discovered by painful experience that, they could not they had devoted themselves to tho task of bringing up their reserve forces more Tapidly. than the Allies could bring theirs. The crisis had' not yet passed, as some optimists were" prone to assure them,' and it was to the resolute hearts, the clear heads, the strong arms, and tho determined spirit of their race that they must look to puide them through the crisis, and triumphantly out. (Cheers.) It was tho _ boast of the British Tace that calamity found them stronger than prosperity. (Cheers.) He (hoped tliat long before the commercial travellers of Sydney mot again at their annual celebration the Allied armies and navies would liave_ laid low the enemy against whom their efforts were directed to-day, and that they might rejoice at the passing away of tho greatest danger that had threatened,, not- only the interests of the i British' Empire, but of that civilisation for which the Empire stood. (Loud cheering.]

"THAT IS WHAT WE ARE ALL 1 THINKING." THE PUAIN DUTY OF THE VICTORS (Rec. September 19, 2 p.m.) London, September 18. The "Financial News," after quoting •Mr. Hokum's recent speecli. adds: "This is what we aro nil thinkinp. Woo betide any English Ministry which in the hour of victory fails to put tlio Kaiser, von Tirpitis, and all tlio rest, of the offal in the ordinary felon's dock 1 and meld out to them tlio usual fate of tlio murderer." "HEAVEN DEF!i)IjS FROM THE PULING PACIFICIST!" SAVAGES MUST"BE CRUSHED (Rcc. September 19, 2.30 p.m.)' Sydney, September 18. The Chief Justice of New South Wales C. .Quite)* WWlsiaK at a scad-,

off, at the University Law Sohool to men going to tlie front, said: "We are still threatened with the horrible risk, not of defeat, but of this proud being forced to acquiesce in an inglorious and fallacious peace, Such a poaco would leave all its powers for mischief to a Power knowing no scruple; it would bo a peace guaranteed only by a treaty with a. nation that knows no treaty. Heaven protect our Empire from the puling pacificist, who, in spite of the horrors for whioli tho enemy is responsible, can still lie too proud to fight. The present position is analagous to tho early American settlers,.who had, every man of them, to bo prepared to fight to escape destruction by savages. In such circumstances he did not need compulsion lo enforce upon liim tlio supreme duty of protecting tho community."