MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 July 1917, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

A PACIFIST MOTION. 4 IPHB yum strong camcESM. a jj9qwth defines the position. Scoter Service. Beecrfsd July 27, MO p.m. London, July 27. tt tac Bow* of Commons, Mr. RamSy MaeDonald, oo behalf of «. quintet pad&rt Commoner*, moved a resolu*k* **jt *** HoMe *• "wiore* the MnttouU of the Reichstag resolution, •• eaUed on July lflt and re-state its pwc* aims; also that the forthcoming AIM conference on war aims should tertian democratic representatives. Mr. Asqritii declared that over-much fawntuea was being attached to the Basesstag resolutions. Peace was of tMsaalaportanea to mankind, bat the wMaaort*Bt condition wu that we Mast Mft defeat the propose wherefor *• mat nations made war. He welNWd the forthcoming Allied Confer•M that lad beta initiated by Russia, !«**■•» of the new facto with a practhai btarmg which had recently emerged, naenaly, Hm cessation of autocracy in Kama, aad the entry of the United fMM tato the war. In the meantime «• vatti not be helping the advent of fanes fey grrfng the impression that we w«n faitaring in our determination or •M douMfel about carrying the burin 'Va bad taken oa. ttr. Walls .(Labor) aieoeiated himMf With Mr. Aaquitk in the deaire for fe ysaas hand on the achievement of tW wart panose*. The British Labor flattas k«d: inflexibly resolved on victory, mi ttay respited that their object was ■JMthmlili only by fighting. The Gertaax ffaonla wan not seeking to destroy ■air own shackles, but to impose them ■» «*ar atonies.

MR. BONAR LAW'S VIEWS. GBRMAN CLAIMS FLOUTED. Beeerred July SB, 1.30 a.m. / London, July 27. Mr. Boost Law asked what was the rl of baaing anything on a resolution S bod/ which did not possess the Mfttktt power. The Reichstag resolutie* dtrMirfr* the freedom of the seas, wUffc mMirt that a nation with naval yew* met not use it, while one with X a&itary power was unrestricted. G«r--tmsf But be disabused of her pre-war •MtSftkau that natkma! greatneen and development depend on readiness to ■tap the world into war. Be did not feaolir of the part Russia was going to fhgr, ere* wader present conations. He MMhdad by expressing his confidence in &• ability of the Allies to achieve their

Mr laaeDonaMs reaolauon was refute* by 1« to 19. mmss ON STRIEK. Beeerred July 27, 5.5 p.m. London, July 28. lM thousand miners in the Tregedar Valley itrnek, owiag to several alleged

LABOR AND SOCIALISTS' OOKFERBWJE. London, July 26. Tbe National Executive of the Labor Party it iMuinjj invitations to Allied laberit** aad Socialist* to attend a confame* m Loudon on August 8. Two lan later the Labor Party will meet t» eoaihkr the pouibilitr of sending MMMiatiti— to the laUnationai OonImMe at Stockholm

jm rBALA-VDEES ROXORffI). Wellington, July 27. IV High Oonaniuioner cables that jtkt MlovißS home* Have been awarded ft* Haw 7«aland«f«:— UiHtarr Groaa.—• Second-Lieutenant Harold fipefght. , „ Httiafaiabed Gowmet Medal— Tem-rry-ScTfeant H. Anderson. RaSemen ( DouirU* and J. Hansen. *rgaairtfjaitr V 0. ttunter, B»rg*ents S. RobIBNB, H. Strulifcew. J II- Taplin, and f. A, Taylor. WnUiaii il la ayßtdw —Colove) X. W. C '.*»ytor. Captain Major) G K. Hamea. Maj* f»es«porary 4. X. fkmmi. Maj« J.

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