Second Edition Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 14, 19 April 1916, Page 6

Second Edition Great Britain

MR HUGHES HONORED. . . FREEDOM OF TH* CITY OF LONDON. •FEECH ON EMPIRE QUESTIONS. .yi- 1 • • XUmtbd Pbkw Awooiaiion.] (Received 12.40 p.m.) - Loiitldri, April IS. At the Guildhall, Mr Hughes was presented with the Freedom of the City. In responding, he dw‘elt entirely on Empire questions. He referred to the urgency for creating conditions under which the population of Britain , and the Dominions would rapidly increase and develop our enormous resources. He said the war had- plunged civilisation into an inferno, saturated the earth with the blood of our sons, and brought sorrow to qur homes x but it had welded the scattered nations of the Empire into a united people. When he spoke of Empire, he did did not mean territorial expansion nor an increase of wealth, but of the far wider opportunities of developing free government, and the economic / and a’S was-.worthy of a great people and compatible with the integrity of the Empire, which / would ensure peaceful nations on the earth absolute security from disturbers of the world’s peace, as that was what the expiry of its maintenance meant. Mr Hughes coni tided by referring to the necessity of defending the Empire, as the responsibility of the world’s peace, of civilisation, and of the future of Democracy depended upon our ability to do so. LATEST CABLES. < (Received 1.45 p.m.) London, April 18. The London, and Glasgow blitter' traders are re- , questing the Foreign Office to receive a deputation. They point out the seriousness of stopping hatter. The impression is'that Russia may grant licenses. The Government will prohibit the stop-the-war meeting , to,.■ he i, in Trafalgar Square next Sunday on the ground that it is likely to lead to grave disturbance. , •• c Copenhagen. April 18. A number of persons were killed and wounded by an explosion at the nev. torpedo works at Wilhelmshaven.