PEACE IDEALS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 68, 14 December 1918, Page 7

PEACE IDEALS

ANGLO-AMERICAN RELATIONS ! i

STRONG APPEAL BY MR.

ROOSEVELT

TO PREVENT POSSIBILITY OF FUTURE; ■ WAR ' ' :: "~ J . j By Tolccraph-PrcES Association-Copyrisht •; , New York, December 12. ■ Mr. liooeevclt, in a, letter to Mr. George i Haven Putnam, the American , leader ot-| the, English Speaking Union, urges the! creation of an arbitration.court to settle j all possible disputes between the United] States and England. Air. Roosevelt! says: "If this were made the majority of i tho thinking men in the United States! would realise that the people of | the United States and the Brit-' ■ish Umpire possess ideals nnd! interests in common. 1 think the timehas come when the United States and! tho British Empire can agree to a uni-j 'versa!' arbitration treaty. We should' fay that under no •circumstances shall; there be resort to war between the United j States nnd the British Empire." Tho Nev York "Times" strongly endorses Air.- .Roosevelt's views.—Aus.-N.Z.; Cable Ann. \

■ TUP AIITEC WAR HI?nT ' inti ALLllla Wan. Utul TWO CONTENTIONS AT THE PEACE! TABLE., I ■ (Rec. December 13. 8.10 p.m.) ; New York, December 12. \ The United Press Washington corres-i pondpiit fiiys that it is understood that! 'Germany , will not, be asked to pay the: full Allied war debt, as Mr. Lloyd George j hns demanded, if President Wilson's prin-| ciples actuate the .Peace Conference.— ! Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. -,

TOUCHING TRIBUTE FROM NATIVE ! CHIEFS ' DESIRE FOR PROTECTION OP THBj . BRITISH FLAG.-- j London, December 12. j A White Paper gives correspondence; from the .chiefs of the former Germnnj colonies who are unanimous in their de-; isire to remain under the British fiag.j They are touchingly grateful for the new , security ami the removal of anxiety inj regard*lo future government.—Aus.-K.15.! Cable Assn. ■ . ■ ... . ■ \

PEACE-RESOLUTIONS IN SYDNEY j , ■. - ■ Sydney, December 13. I The Labour Council has resolved tnatj the time is opportune for the entire onoli-i tion of armaments and conscription. A; motion was -passed repudiating all desire to extend the dependencies of the .Com» monwealth by the annexation of the cap-; tured German..colonies,—Press Afsn. I

. PRESIDENT _WIOT'S VOYAGE j . ~. . London, December 12. { The American Fleet, under the com-; ■raand of Admiral Sims,, has'sailed from a; British port to-escort the George Wash-; ington, with President Wilson on board,* into Bresti-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. j NEGRO DELEGATJOJTFROM AMERICA' NATIVE CONTROL OF GERMAN- i AFRICAN .COLONIES. i (Rec. December 13, 8.10 p.m.) j New York, December 12. i Mr. 'Louis Zeibold. the New York; "World's" Brest correspondent, etates that the Orizaba, which arrived on Monday with the newspaper rcen, had on.; Iwiird a delegation of American negroes,; who will ask the Peace Conference to' return the African German colonies to native control.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. •

. JAPANESE ENVOYS. i (Kec. December 14, 0.43 a.m.) Yokohama,. Dcqember 11 ■ Tlie Japanese delegates sailed un De.cember 10 for tlio Peace Conference.— Au6.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ... •: ■ !

NATIONAL ARMYJN BRITAIN : MR.. J..H. THOMAS'S .STATEMENT.: London, December 12. I Mr. Lloyd George, referring to the 1* ter quoted by Mr. J. H. Thomas M.P., in Mb speech yesterday, eaidhe had no control over the opinions of the generale, but Cabinet had never, heard of the sciieme.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . [Mr J. H. Thomas, M.P., speaking at Manchester, read a lotto, the authen. ticity of which he w TO a J. c 4 to "nit for, from a General at he War Office to a colleague, stating that it was intended ,to maintain a national army of twenty divisions, but nothing would I* disclosed until after the elections, an(| ■not till the League of Nations nonsenf* a been discussed. The letter explains that training will inc udo ,fouf year* during the school period, a year e eernce upon reaching the ege of nineteen, and brief periods of training np to forty.J :