GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, 17 July 1918, Page 4

GENERAL CABLES.

LICENSES TO TRADE WITH ENEMY REVOKED. s Received 10.10 f/.m. LONDON, July To. . The Press Bureau states the Board , of Trade has revoked the licenses ' which permitted payment of fees from' or to enemies in respect of patents • and trade marks. ' GERMANY'S DREAMS. vv v, July 15.^ Keuter's "'Amsterdam correspondent says: The Kreuz Zeitung, discussing Germany's war aims says: Only weaklings can believe in the possibility of an understanding with England. Germany will have no paper arrangements She will simply require of England, France, Belgium .and Portugal tSe cession, as an indemnity, of such portions of their possessions as she needs'for the establishment of her Central African empire, which she intends todevelop into a great military power by training coloured auxiliary troops- ' &> EAST AFRICAN CAMPAIGN. " MAT LAST ANOTHER TWOMONTHS. CAPETOWN, July 15". Speaking at the Mayor's luncheon, General Northey said the campaign i» East Africa, where there had recently been no movement, might eontin/ue perhaps-! for another two -months, in. country such as would facilitate the escape of the enemy, whose force was estimated at about 100 Europeans and 700 Askaris. BRITAIN'S DUTY TO THE DOMINIONS. SPEECHES BY N.Z. REPRESENTATIVES. LONDON, July 15. The British Empire League"""gave a luncheon to Mr. Masseyand Sir - Joseph Ward at Claridge's Hotel. Mr. Massey said that though the problem of the war Sad not yet been solved, it was not too soon to begin dealing with -the problem of peace. Empire citizens : who' had upheld Its dignity and prestige in- war would do so in peace. 'He feared German intrigue more than German -force fi! arms. There an' increase in Empire production in order to bear the financial burdens. Considerable emigration should .be encouraged. It should be the duty of legislators to encourage the working up of raw materials and prevent unfair competition by enemies. Much would .have to be done to improve communications between different parts of the Empire, Labour and capital must work more harmoniously. He favoured profitsharing. It was possible.,, /In war we were stronger than the enemy in every department. The Allies would not be influenced by enemy threats over Belgium. They had: made up their minds to win, however long the J war lasted.

'/ Sir Joseph Ward disagreed witn those who thought it premature to discuss possible peace terms. If the nation knew why it went to war, then logically, it must be able to decide what its peace terms would be. TJn'easy suspicion had been aroused that the German Pacific Islands might be a subject of negotiation at the peace conference. The New Zealand delegates came to England with a positive mandate That" the public would never tolerate t*3e handing back of Samoa.' Under no circumstances must any such thing occur. It was unthinkable that Germany would ever again get a foothold in the Pacific, where she had been an interloper from the first. If such a calamity befall us, the bonds of Empire would be brought to straining point. The people of the Motherland should understand the Dominion viewpoint. TTiey should realise this was no "stand and deliver" freak, but an expression of deep-seat-ed conviction upon a definite ideal cultivated for half a century, often In the teeth of scant sympathy or encouragement from the Imperial authorities. He hoped this sublime indifference to the importance of the ownership of a few small islands In the Pacific would disappear for ever. How would Britishers view the occupation by Germany of the Isle of Man,, the Channel islands, the Hebrides, o* the Orkneys? In 1890 England failetfto realise the value of Was there anyone to-day who stppro*. ed the cession of Heligoland? Theanswer to that question justified the--part of our case in regard to German possessions in the Pacific. She would' never have been there but for the masterly negligence of British statesmen. disliked German methods of' colonisation, and . the treatment of natives, also becauseHhe instincts of German ambition were a: standing menace to security.