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Hokitika Guardian, 19 November 1918, Page 2

liMjfisfi bv the message from Paris, 'the revolution in Germany might well Stated ..po- »«" -r’ o v,W i,v.the conditions across the boiciei are looked upon as a species ° incline' the real state of publi SU^viewtoamodifi^no tbe armistice terms. One nuthoct Wling with the doubtful condition of rs"Monh.n,e for the Allies to take ebarce of the Kaiser and the Crown Prince so as to remove them out of the The anneal h r food from Dr Sol and tiro German women, it is notable is made onlv to the United States, f res l dent Wilson should hardly take thm s - nation on himself, but ns lie did ulnrntely with the armistice questm , i n ,id it over to the Allied Commit. Whatever the internal food supply of Germanv may be, and it must be bad, t l ie people of German oive the situation H,tirV their provokme and carrying on a ruthless « • terms of the armistice, should ho well fulfilled hv the naval and military authorities before the Allies give tvnt a sentimental regard for the e.vil population within. Tn other woids. expel ionee has shown that the Allies need to mnke assurance doubly sure with Govninnv Neither the written compact, 01 spoken word of Germany is worth. very ' „i. 0 r late years, and the nation should not he given undue liberties til the Allies make good the proposition by occupying strategical posts and

ing suffk iVe.i war plants from Germany i to render the nation impotent from j further warlike ambitions. It, may bo accepted that the humanity the Allies have practiced throughout the war will, prompt them to do all that can be done for the civil life of Germany ns soon as j the military and naval conditions permit of it.

It is not at all dear from the cable news why Mr W. Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia, made so prou-.i raced n complaint regarding the alleged exclusion from the Peace Conference.. It was well undrestood that the British possessions were to he represented, and it was believed that Mr Hughes’ reason for remaining at Home was to attend the great gathering which is to determine the peace of the world. Our own representatives elected to return to New Zealand for an impending session, apparently not realising that the end of the war was so near. Now they must return post haste ,to Europe, in common with other oversea representatives of the British Empire to have their say at the peaee table. The Empire delegates had the opportunity when lately in England to discuss with the War Cabinet of Great Britain what they felt was due to them as an outcome of the war, and they can only return now to -repeat before a complete gathering of the Allies what was said before. There is perchance, some method in the hysterical alarm of Mr. Hughes. Being on the scene, he might have observed some undercurrents which have been the cause of the alarm, and his.verbosity might have been given vent to with a view to exciting colonial public opinion to action. It is noticeable that the Australian Parliaments are passing resolutions on the matter, and it is not improbable that this action lias been instigated by Air. Hughes. It would he well therefore to see the New Zealand representatives on the spot. It is not likely now that they can reach the northern hemisphere before the New Year, hut if there is occasion for any action in the meantime, the High Commissioner is on the spot and fully charged with the views of the Dominion leaders.