IN THE AIR.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 28 September 1917, Page 5

IN THE AIR.

Received 8.35. «>■-■ ■• LONDON,:Sept 28. The Admiralty reports that our naval aircraft dropped many tons 'of bombs on Tuesday night on Thourout, Lichtervelde and Courtemarck junctions, and scored several direct hits on the lines. All returned safely. TRENCH VOTE FOR MUNITIONS. STOPPED. PARIS, September 26. In a debate in the Chamber on the war vote, a deputy stated that the Budget Commission felt bound to refuse considerable sums for the despatch of munitions to Russia because munitions either did not reach their destination or were not used when delivered.

MR. ASQUITH'S WISE WORDS. LONDON, September 27 Mr. Asquith, at a war aims meeting at Leeds, emphasised that with negligible exceptions, we had presented am unbroken front and an unshakable resolve for three years, We did not require the repetition of our righteous cause to sustain that resolve, but it was useful to repeat to others that the peace for which we were fighting could not be found in the cessation of hostilities, followed by territorial bargaining ultimately embodied in paper pacts, and there left to the mercfr of chance "Still less," said Mr. Asquith, "can we look for peace worthy the name in any arrangement imposed by victor or vanquished which ignores the principles of right and defies the historic traditions, aspirations and liberties of peoples affected. Such so-called treaties simply provide a fertile breeding ground for future wars. An example of this took place in IS7I, to which single act of international spoliation a large share of the calamities now devastating the world can be traced." The German's reply to the Pope teemed with nebulous and unctuous generalities. There was no indication that Germany would not repeat her crime of 1971. Was she ready to restore Alsace and Belgium to full independence without reservations, with as complete material compensation as possible for the devastation of the country and the sufferings of the people? A definite reply to these inquiries could be given in a couple cf sentences, worth a whole column of pious platitudes. " -