Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 69, 26 June 1916, Page 5

Great Britain

FAREWELL BANQUET TO MR HUCHES. London, June 24. Mr Bonar Law, speaking at a farewell banquet that was tendered to Mr Hughes, said that the resolutions of .the Paris Conference may he taken ais representing the settled opinion of the British Government.

j Mr Bonar Law added: "T think that tho first thing is to find if we can come to a general agreement regarding an Imperial trade policy. It is noteworthy that Mr Runciman himself drafted a resolution, which was carried at tho Paris Conference, whereby there is a. stated period, alter the war, during which the Allies will not resume trading relations with Germany. This shows that the Coalition Government is not negleoling the subject, and we may have the whole question of tariff reform examined, free of party feel-

ing." other speakers suggested the possibility of Mr Hughes' early return to Britain to continue his propaganda in favor of an iiv.er-Imperial economic and political alliance. Mr Hughes made the political relations between Britain and the Dominions after the war the chief topic of his last speech. He insisted thai our Empire is "no Empire." because it is not hound by any logical, legal tie. These relations, he said, were well enougU when the Dominions were in swaddling

——— ! I clothes, but they must change, and » make a radical change. !H\. | I i “A HUMAN DYNAMO. 1 ’ ' J (Received 8.46 a.m.) \ London, June 25. . | The Observer says: Mr Hughes' 1 visit not only breathed new inspiration | into patriotic feeling, but left a histor- ! ic mark on British policy. He has y shown himself to bo a human dynamo, capable of driving a current through the whole system of live wires.

THE LEAGUE OF PEACE. § \ EXPEDIENCY OF MOVEMENT D!& j CUSSED. I (Received 8.45 a.m.) London, June 25. | There is much talk upon the expedi- ■ enoy of I he. formation of a league of'" - "! peace among the Nations to enforce »' international rights after the war. Mr John Galsworthy, novelist and £ Idrama'.ist, has emphasised the danger i of the German fires of vengeance smol- ¥ dering in the event of Germany being | being crashed or merely forced back to I her former boundaries. We do not | dare yet to hope for some social revolu- r J' tion bringing Germany the blessings 'r of democracy; hence, there is the possibility of her remaining a don State and reorganising for future aggression. The proposed league presupposes that the machinery for arbitration will be of sufficient force to «e*»: cure submission thereto. FUTILITY AND DANCER IN PEACE TALK. (Received 8.45 a.m.) London, June 25. Mr A. H. Henderson, addressing a demonstration in aid of the Northampton Hospital, laid stress on the futility and danger of peace talk?-' 1 which originated in Germany.