THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER IN ROME.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 80, 3 April 1916, Page 5

THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER IN ROME.

HIS SPEECH AT FOREIGN OFFICE DINNER. TWENTY MINUTE'S AUDIENCE WITH THE POPE. (Reed.■*>•9.4o a.m.). ROME, April 2. Mr. Asquith is gratified with the reception newspapers consider the visit that seals the unbreakable union of the Allies. They emphasise the insistence wherewith Mr. Asquith’s and Signor Sonniuote speeches at the dinner at the Foreign Office, demonstrated the identity of Anglo Italian political and economic interests. Mr. Asquith remarked that all England followed, with the heartiest sympathy, Italy’s heroic struggle towards liberty, unity and independence. Fate had so willed that when the principles and aspirations shared by both -were menaced, the two were united in a brotherly alliance to defend the cause of free dom and compel respect for the rights of all nations, both weak and strong. Mr. Asquith added: The Allies were ready to face direct hardship, but they had unfailing faith in a final triumph that was destined to strengthen their essential rights. | The Pope gave an audience to the British Prime Minister lasting twenty minutes. i