MOTHER COUNTRY.
NO SEPARATE PEACE. STAND BY RUSSIA AND ROUMANIA. BMeived Oct. 26, 5.5 p.m. * ... _■ London, Oct. 23. In the House of Commons. Lord Robert Cecil categorically denied that the Western Allies were contemplating a separate peace independent of Russia and lioumank. The Government was determined to abide by Russia and assis! 18. maintaining her new found liberty, *«Ue Rourffania mav be assured that Britain will not desert her. POSTWAR RECONSTRUCTION. A COMMON NATIONAL POLICY. London, Oct. 25. The War Cabinet, in furtherance of plins fori reconstruction after the war,has adopted the proposals of the Whitley report issued in March as part of the Government's policy. It will establish joint standing industrial councils in every well-organised industry and there will be no compulsory arbitration. The Central News states that emplovsrs are banding together to protest in the interests of capital and to adjust relations between employers and especially seek to make the further spread of State intervention unnecessary. The larger employers' associations have reached an agreement to form a permanent organisation which will lay the foundations of a common national policy, ttris arises out of the re-or-gahisation of the Labor Party though it is not hostile to it. WAR ALL BUT WON, (STATJIMENT BY ADMIRAL JELLICOE London, Oct. 25. Idmiral Jellieoe, speaking at Sheffield. ■aid that an evidence of the effectiveness of the blockade was that early in 1915, E56 out of 1400 ships .passed the blockade line without being boarded, and at the end of 1916 only 60 out of 3000 got through unintercepted. The effects of the blockade upon Germany had been serioua, Referring to submarines, he said they bad a kss satisfactory tale. The figures for the September sinkings were good, but we must not build our hopes too high'i The figures for October would not he so good, though there was no cause for anxiety. Tha war-was all but won, and we Mid only to set our teeth and we shall fcave won. SHIPBUILDING WORK. London, Oct. 25. X<: MacNamara, in the House of Cornlions, replying to a question said that he touJd not give an assurance that ships ttttc being build more rapidly than they ireta torpedoed. The First Lord of the Admiralty, would shortly make a comprehensive statement. VAL-tIE OF LIQUOR INTERESTS. London, Oct. 25. •me 'Daily Chronicle says that the kraunittee which U investigating the renditions' for national acquisition of She liquor trade considers that 400 millions may cover th.- various interests. PRESS ONADMIRAL JELLICOE. London, Oct. 25. The Daily Mail is persisting in its attacks upon Admiral Jellieoe, advocating his removal from the Admiralty. . The paper alleges that Admiral Jellitoe Was responsible for the inconclusive result of the battle of Jutland. It recalls that Admiral Calder, in 1305, was court-martialled for a similar '*P_8 e - , . , The Daily Mail also makes Admiral Jellieoe responsible for the failure to aid Russia in the Baltic and the loss of (tie convoy in the North Sea.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 October 1917, Page 5
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490MOTHER COUNTRY. Taranaki Daily News, 27 October 1917, Page 5
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