PREFERENCE TO THE DOMINIONS.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 January 1917, Page 5

PREFERENCE TO THE DOMINIONS.

THE RESULT OF THE WAR « London, Jan. 14. Viscount II v the, addressing a thousand Canadians at Hastings, said the problems of Empire forecasted the realisation of Imperial federation. Foreign policy could no longer be allowed to be directed exclusively by the English Parliament. lie advocated preference to the Dominions in order to keep Britishers under the British flag,. DATE OF WAR CONFEHLNCE. London, Jan. 14. The war conference ivill nlc-ct at the end of February. This has given satisfaction in colonial circles. There W reason to believe talit General Botha will ba able to attend, and it is siil! hoped that Australia will be suitably represented. LABOR DEMANDS. London. Jan. 14. The Workers' National War Committee, representing the Labor 'Party and the chief trade unions, is 'iiging the Government to increase the sniaration allowance to 2;w for wives and 5s for each child, exclusive of the allotment from soldiers' pay, and pensiens on a similar scale. Pensions to totally disabled roldiers and sailor:; should be 37s Gd and 5s for each child. The committee urges that wheat and oats be sown on lands previously devoted to barley for brewing, and demands that private park lands he cultivated before recreation grounds are ploughed up. V.C. AWARDS. j London, Jan. 14. , The Gazette announces the following Victoria Cross awards:—Private John Cunningham, East Yorks, When the rest of his 'bombing section became casualties he collected the bombs, proceeded alone, returned, for a fresh supply, lig&ip advanced, met and killed ten Germans and cleared a trench. Private David Ross Lander, Scottish Fusiliers, placed his foot on >i fallen bomb. His foot was blown off, but Ills party was saved. A WORTHY ENTERPRISE. London, .Tan. 14. The English and Scottish Wholesale Societies have purchased ten thousand ' acres of land in Saskatchewan (Canada) for wheat growing for co-operative mills, and is also purchasing land in India and Ceylon. BRITISH DOMINIONS AND GERMAN COLONIES. London, Jan. 14. Mr. Gavin, writing in the Observer, commenting ou the silence of the Allies' 1 reply on the subject of tlin German 1 colonies, says that /louth Africa, Australia, and New Zealand are free communities, and each has its own Monroe doctrine, and they will never allow the German menace to reappeai in their . neighborhood. As regards Ibe other Herman polonies, much will depend on the regime which may exist in Germany 1 itself and the value of the guarantees for future peace. 1 'le ridicules the German demand for ' a great African Empire, but suggests ' the creation in the Ottoman Empire and ' Africa of an international domain open equally to Germany and all countries.