MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 July 1918, Page 7

MOTHER COUNTRY.

THE AERO WORKS STRIKE. GOVERNMENT CONTROLS FACTORY t 'Received July 12, 5.5 p.m. ' } London, July 11. Press Bureau reports that the Minuter for Munitions conferred with I the parties concerned in the 'Strike at ! the aeroplane 'works', ,sjad de'cided 1 that neither side was frco from iblamj. 'fhe Government will forthwith I tak(£< over the control of the tfactory. (The-Jvorkers decided to abide by the dethe inquiry into the matters in dispute.—Aus. N.Z, Cable Assoc. and | Reujjer. ' NATIONALISATION OF COAL MINES. ' £ ■ ' London, Jul}' 11. The Miners' federation resolved to reeotlimend the nationalisation, of the miM.f under Ihe joint control jjOf the workers and the State. A ( delegate pointed ojit that if the industry ; was f&r only a very short time 'the prosecution of the war would be impossible.—Times. PENSIONS TO BE OUTSIDE OF POLITICS. London, July 11. In the House of Commons Mr. Barlow moved that it was essential all questions relating to pension's should be kept free from party politics. He said corruption of public life was inevitable if pensions became a matter of political bargaining. Mr. Bonar Law said that if the parties began seeking election on the strength of-what they were going to do regarding pensions a most demoralising campaign would ensue. The House of Commons ought to cairry tlhe resolution, showing that they were determined to keep the question outside the area of ordinary politics. The resolution was accepted.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. EDITORIAL GUESTS. London, July 11. A party of Canadian editors and newspaper proprietors has arrived for the purpose of learning the conditions in Britain at first blind after four years of war.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. THE GLORY OF BELGIUM. London, July 11. The Daily Chronicle says that two seaplanes brought the King and Queen of Belgium on Friday evening. They left Belgium, where King Albert has spent the war period and shared the fortunes of his troops, unattended by escorts, alighted in the water in the vicinity of a Channel port after an hour's flight without incident, and then landed. Their Majesties, the Kings and Queens of Britain and Belgium, attended a crowded demonstration in the Albert Hall in honor of Belgium, and received a tremendous ovation. Lord Curzon delivered an oration on the glory of Belgium. He said this was summed up in King Albert's address to his 'Parliament in August, 1014, when he said: "The country that defends itself commands respect; such a nation will never perish." King Albert had thus become the symbol of the world's freedom. It was for the sake of Belgium that we entered the war, but it was for Europe, for the world, for liberty, for right that we continued to pursue it.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. FEASTING AND TALKING. London, July 11. Mr. Massey and Sir Joseph Ward were entertained at lunch at the Australian and New Zealand Club. Sir Thomas Mackenzie presided. Mr. Massey, replying to the toast of his health, characterised the bombing of the Canadian hospital and the sinking of the Llandovery Castle as the work of murderers and fiends. New Zealand also had an account to settle with the Germans in the recent mining of a ship off the New Zealand coast. marining was diminishing, but It; tested against pacifists dictating t!i.• terms of peace, and demanded the continuance of the war until conditions conducive to permanent peace were obtained. He eulogised the Imperial Cabinet Conference and urged British Ministers to visit the Dominions. In view of the fact that the Dominions were now partners in the Empire, they should be represented in the national flag together with the United Kingdom. He might take an opportunity of submitting this to the Imperial Conference. Sir Joseph Ward 6aid the war was reconstituting the Empire constitutionally, ir dustrially, economically, and socially. Old class conditions were being destroyed and foreign dumping of goods in Britain and the Dominions ended. He urged an unwritten alliance between Britain, the Dominions, America, and Japan for the protection of tho Pacific. If Germany was allowed to return to Samoa and New Guinea she would inj evitably dominate the Pacific, The prolongation of the war for five or ten i years would be justified if British domi- ; nation in the Pacific was preserved, because he believed the -(Pacific would become the world's greatest strategic centre. It mattered not what pressure was exerted, Australasia would protest against allowing Samoa and New Guinea to revert to Germany, otherwise- the future of every man, woman, and child in Australasia would be endangered. It was imperatively important to induce Imperial statesmen to study the Pacific. , It surely should be possible after the war that Empire statesmen could tnVa hand in adjusting any differences i>: tween the units of the Empire, and llm-' remove friction and irritation amongst ourselves. Sir Joseph Ward's remarks are regarded in some quarters as referring to the settlement of the Irish question.— Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. A BANKING AMALGAMATION. Received July 12, 5.5 p.m. London, July 11. The Treasury lias approved of Barclay's amalgamation with the London, Provincial and South-Western Bank. It is pointed out that the joint undertaking will control current deposits and other accounts amounting to 212 millions.—Press Assoc.

A HEROIC CHARACTER,

LORD RHONDDA SHORTENS HIS LIFE. Received July 12, fi.s p.m. London, July 11. Reminiscences of friends disclose the fact that Lord Rhondda deliberately faced deatli by accepting the office of Food Controller, The doctor intimated he was suffering from Bieart disease and might live for ten years if not stressed, two years otherwise. Lord Rhondda replied that two years was enough.—Times Service. ENEMY BUSINESSES GOVERNMENT MOVING AT LAST. Received July 12, 5.5 p.m. London, July 11. In the House of Commons, Mr. Cave announced that the Government was applying to the c'ourts for the immediate winding up of enemy banks, and was also legislating to prohibit enemy banks in Britain for a period of years after the war.—Press Ass oc.