AMERICA DEFENDED.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3526, 13 July 1920, Page 5

AMERICA DEFENDED.

MR. T. E.~ Y. SEDDON’S OPINIONS.

VVELLINGTON, July 12.

Last in war‘ and last. in peace is ":1 bitter criticism of the American nation, I which as found some acceptance in] New Zealand. but‘ Mr 'l‘. E. Y. Seddon, I member for Westlaml, takes exception ‘ to this co-ndeinnation, and as he visited } the United §tates on official work while. a member of the ‘militziry forces, he may be expected to 'l«:now' some-' thing; at first hand about the situation. i 'ln urging the House not to adopt the] attitude towards. Anierica indicated 1 in‘: the quotation at the head of this} paragraph, Mr Seddon asked membersij to con'sider the position which existed in America just prior to that nation ’s decision to come into the war, “and then,” he declares. “you “will. giiie them some credit for coming in at all. One realises the mixed population in the States. and that inducenfent to the States to keep oTl‘E"of war compared‘ with the inducements to ourselves to go into it will show how difficult it was for them to make up their minds, but having done so they did» wonderful work. When ‘President Wilson came back from Versailles there _was a like.lihood of him becoming a famous man as a result of his commanding position at the Peace Conference, but political jealousy pfevented him from attaining that object. "After the P'resiclontinl election the United States will get. (lawn to the .1-iglit way of t.hillkin9; and they will he goori -allies of the British Empire.”