MR MASSEY AND SIR JOSEPH WARD.

Taihape Daily Times, 30 June 1919, Page 2

MR MASSEY AND SIR JOSEPH WARD.

FAREWELL FUNCTION. NEW YORK, June 24. Sir Thomas. Mackenzie presided at a dinner at the Coiinaught Rooms to farewell the New ’Aezllam‘lers. Mr. Massey said the l-\‘ew Zealandei-s would have pl~e.t'erred that Britain should take over Samoa. This \Vil.~ impossible, and circumstances were forcing‘ Nmv Zealanders io become great navigators. He believed that New Zealand we-11111 be thehead of the most importalit British island group placed in the Pacific, nrakiiig‘ her voice heard amongst the nations oi‘ the British Commonwealth. Sir Joseph Ward said the only escape from the Eml)ire’s unparalleled financial position was an increase in production. The leaders at Paris were determined not to lose the war by making a bad peace. and fully intended marching to ;Berlin if necessary. The Times, in a leader, pays a tribute to Mr. Massey and Sir Joseph Wardts work in the drab, monotonous conditions at Paris, and adds ' that they are casting anxious eyes onwards the political situation developing at home. Patriotic men throughout the Empire are appalled at the idea of a. genera] return to pre—v:al‘ party divisions. "Whether the influence of the ex-soldiers will permit of the gropings for oflpolitical landmarks being washed aw“ y by the great wave of the war remains‘ to be seen.