"WE MUST GO ON"

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 155, 20 March 1918, Page 4

"WE MUST GO ON"

PRIME MINISTER ON THE WAR. By Telegraph—Press Ausociation. Feilding, March 18. Speaking at the reception to the Hon. D. H. Guthrie this afternoon, the Prime Minister, tho Right Hon. W. F. Massoy, in referring to tho war, said that with the British it was a case of endurance. Britain had a long score to' settle with Germany and the Central Powers before the war was finished. There were submarines and other atrocities. Some people at the other «nd of the world wore saying it was time we closed down with regard to the war. "I say 'No.' We cannot close down now. We cannot close down until the enemy is boatcn. This is a particularly dangerous period of tho war. We have to combat people of our own who are warweary, and long for peace. Reparation must bo insisted oil; and wo must go on until wo mate it impossible for Germany to return to the Pacific. Wo cannot afford to lot Samoa go, not to mention the islands in which Australia is interested."

Speaking without any claim to special knowledge, he said he did not think it would be long before there would be something in the nature of a peace conference. At tho Imperial Conference bo would uphold tho claims of the islands, and" after the war he would support a policy of preference to the British Empire for the British. Our enemies, should never again be allowed to dump their goods in # British countries on terms of equality with the British. The war should nrovo an unforgettable lesson to Britain. Mr. Massey thought Britain's Shippine Controller bad treated New Zealand well and would continue to do 60.