MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 April 1917, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

AMERICA'S AID, BRITAIN'S HIGH APPRECIA ITON. SPEECHES IN PARLIAMENT.' Received April 19, 8.L5 p.m. London, April 18. In the House of Commons Mr Bonar Law, in the absence of Mr Lloyd George, in moving a resolution welcoming the United .States as a new ally in the war, said the new worlds had stepped in to restore the balance of the old. The United States possessed probably in a greater degree than any other "nation resources which in the long run would be decisive in the war. Despite the fact that the path immediately ahead of the Allies had never been more difficult, he hoped and believed that the long night of sorrow and anguish which had desolated the world was drawing to a close. The aims and ideals which President Wilson's speech had so nobly expressed were ours, and like us America had found fighting the one and only method of securing these aims. Mr Asquith, after eulogising America's disinterestedness in intervening, sain that to have stood aside, stopped its ear-;, folded its arms, and averted its gaze, when it had the power to intervene, would have made America not only a spectator but an accomplice, but none of us had feared how America would finally decide. Mr D'jlon, on behalf of the Nationalists, said he most heartily joined In wetcoming America. The presence of America at the Peace Conference would be a sign of hope and an assurance of liberty. Mr G. J. Wardle. on behalf of the Labor Party, said that if the entrance of America resulted in the establishment of a great league of nations charged to keep a world peace, no sacrifice would be too great. The motion was carried. In the House of Lords, Earl Curzon moved a, similar motion, and said that one by one the independent nations have been drawn into the terrible vortex. America had entered for the purpose of using its whole energies to end a rule of which the earth had had enough. Its entry had removed whatever might have existed between the AngloAmericans. The Marquess of Crewa, the Archbishop cf Canterbury, and Lord Bryce supported the motion, which was carried. ' ' . ' Mr Page and other Ambassadors were in the Diplomatic gallery.

SIDE BY SIDE. UNION JACK AND STARS AND STRIPES.' Reuter Service. Received April IS, 8.15 p.m. London, April IS. In the House of Commons, in reply to a question, the,Rt. Hon. Lord R. Cecil said America had not formally adhered to the Allies' agreement not to make a separate peace. The Rt. Hon. Sir A. M. Mond said the Stars and Stripes would be flown alongside the Union Jack on all Government buildings on Friday, America's day. He also announced that the AngloAmerican Governments were jointly considering the construction of aircraft. DRAWING TO A CLOSE. SIGNIFICANT HINT. London, April 18. Special significance is attached to Mr. Bonar Law's statement in the House of Commons that he believed the long night of sorrow and anguish which had desolated the world was drawing to a close.