NO UNCERTAIN PEACE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 260, 22 July 1918, Page 6

NO UNCERTAIN PEACE

THE ENEMY MUST BE BEATEN

SPEECH BY SIR JOSEPH WARD

London, July 19. Tho committee of the Comrades of tlio Groat War entertained the overseas representatives at a dinner at the Naval and Military Club, with a view to co-or-dinating tho methods of dealing with discharged and demobilised sailors and soldiers throughout the Empire. Sir Joseph Ward said: "ffhe war must end in no uncertain peace. There is only one courso for the British Empire to follow: not to listen to tho pacifist or the negotiator, but to beat the enemy first, and then see that the terms of peace are so based thai, they will teach tho enemy that the only result of such a war is that tliey will suffer all the consequences. The best way to prepare for the end of the war is to look after the men who have fought for us/" The speaker detailed what New Zealand is doing. No pensions in the world were more generous than those New Zealand was giving. He' hoped the discharged soldier, wherever he went, would be able to enlist assistance as a citizen of the British Empire. Tho peace terms must see that the enemy gets 110 naval or aerial basis in the , Pacific.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. i "■

SAFEGUARDING THE PACIFIC

FROM GERMAN AGGRESSION SENATOR SAULSBURY'S RESOLUTION Washington, July 15. When tho Senate resumes on July 24, Senator Willard Saulsbury will ask that action be taken on his resolution- urging the United States, Britain, and Japan to come to an agreement to prevent German aggression in the Pacific.

There is a disposition among members of the Foreign Relations Committee to support the resolution. Soveral Senators from the Pacific Coast are keenly interested, and conferred with Senator Saulsbury. Subsequently, Senator J. D. Phelan (California) said it was of the greatest importauco that some arrangement or alliance should be formed by the great Powers on the Pacific, as a protection against German aggression. In case of necessity they should use their powers to police tho Pacific. There should be a frank understanding as to the respective interests of the Allies, and the combined forces should be bound to Tespect tho status quo. Action was necessary in the interests not only of Australia, but of tlie West Coast and Island possessions of America. Germany would realise that a good understanding' between the Powers on tlie Pacific would probably lead to an after-war trade agreement against Germany. This might impel Germany to abandon her militaristic war aims and 'seek an earlier end to the war.

Senator Wesley Joues (State of Washington) agreed as to the importance of the questions. Congress should consider not only keeping German raiders from the Pacific, but whether any of Germany's former possessions in tho South Pacific should be returned after the war. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

[Senator Salisbury's resolution stipulates that Germany shall bo permanently barred from naval bases in tho Pacific. The resolution also provides: "It is opportune for tlie Governments of the United States, Britain, and Japan to enter into a lasting agreement to render it inexpedient for anyone, and impossible for tho Central Powers, to pursue methods of warfare in the Pacific Ocean which are not justified by tho laws of warfare." It further provides that China and Russia, and any other Government on the Pacific littoral, shall bo admitted as signatories to tho agreement; also that no warships of any Power which as pursued, or shall pursue, illegal methods of warfare on the high seas shall bo permitted to hold ports or possessions in the Pacific whence such warfare may bo waged. Tlie resolution stipulates that tho agreement shall be enforced by the United power of the signatories. Tho resolution is interpreted as the first fruits of Mr. Hughes's declaration favouring Australia's Monroe Doctrine in the Pacific.]

TO SAVE THE DEMOCRACY

TERMS MUST BE DICTATED TO GERMANY. (Rcc. July 21, SAO p.m.) Now York, July 20. Mr. W. H. Taft, in a speech, said:— "Wo cannot win the war and save tho democracy unless we dictate terms to' Germany on German soil."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

BRITISH CABINET

SEVERAL CHANGES ANNOUNCED. London, July 19. The Press Bureau, reports:—Sir L. Worthington Evans has been appointed to succeed Lord Robert Cecil as Minister of Blockade. Lord Robert Cecil has been appointed Assistant Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Major-General Seely lias been appointed Parliamentary Secretary, to act as De-puty-Minister of Munitions. Mr. Waldorf As tor is appointed Parliamentary Secretary to tho Foot! Ministry (in succession to Mr. J. E. Clynes). Owing to tlie increasing burdens imnosed on the Foreign Secretary, Mr. A. J. Balfour expressed the wish that Lord Robert Cecil, hitherto Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, should take a larger and more responsible part in the work of the Foreign Office.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter.

DECREASED GOLD OUTPUT

PEODUCEES WANT AN INQUIEY. London, July 19. Tho Australian and New Zealand gold producers held a meeting, at which they appointed a committee to draw up their case, giving particulars of the mines which have been closed and the decrease in output. They deputed Mr. Newton Moore to present (he matter to Mr. W. M. Hughes and Mr. Massey, and to request them to urge Mr. Bonar Law to grant ail inquiry -Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

PROHIBITION OF LIQUOR TRAFFIC

BARE MAJORITY VOTE TO BE I>IS-' CUSSED IN N.S.W. PARLIAMENT. . (Rec. July 21, 11.50 p.m.) Sydney, July 21. Mr. G. W. Fuller, Chief Secretary, has announced that the Government will give Parliament an opportunity of discussing a motion in favour of giving the electors a chance of deciding on a bare majority vote as to tho prohibition of the litiuor traffic throughout the State as soon as the House has assembled—Press

Assn. THE LW.VV. CASES

SCULLY'S EVIDENCE TO BE SECURED. (Kec. July 21, 11.50 'p.m.) Sydney, July 21. The Government has arranged for Scully's return from America to give evidence in the I.W.W. cases.—Press Assn.