FRENCH MISSION TO AUSTRALIA

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 273, 7 August 1918, Page 5

FRENCH MISSION TO AUSTRALIA

TIiIBUTE TO MR. AVM. HUGHES. Now York, August 5. Tho Australian Press Association tcpreseiiliitivo interviewed JI. Albert Metin, head of the I'rench Jlission to Austnilia. J[. Metin etiid:—"l am most anxious lo reach Australia to etndy tho conditions "there, with tho view of ostabHsiiing preferred-nation arrangements for trade after tho war. I nni very interested in Australia's repatriation plans for her-soldiers. I expect that many men will seek the land of sunshine after the war. Mr. W. JI. Hughes, Australia's Premier, is growing exceedingly popular in France and other parts of Uto Continent. Tho people are greatly inipressed with his power for leadership. Mr. Lloyd George informed M. Poincaro Hint Mr. Hughes was one- of the few men who have mastered tho economic problems brought about by Die war." JI. Metin added:—"l consider Mr. Iliighrs one of Iho greatest men produced by the war."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. [M. Albert Metin is a member of tho Chambor of Deputies and a former Minister of Labour. Somo years ago ho visited Australia to study its social legislation. The other members of the mission aro General Pan, the magnificent; old I'reneh leader; M. Thomson, a Lalimir delegate; Siegfried J. Bader (formerly in business in Melbourne) and General Secretary of the Commission; M. MathiiMi, of Lyons, silk manufacturer; Al. Molte, of Watlrelof, woollen niunufiii'turcr; 31. Gravier, metallurgist; M. (Airbiere, agricultural engineer and stockbreeder; Count d'Anefre, attached Iu General Pan; and 31, Biider, secretary to the Commission and accountant.]