SATURDAY'S WAR NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, 22 July 1918, Page 7

SATURDAY'S WAR NEWS

UNITED STATES. FUTURE OF THE PACIFIC. AMERICAN SENATORS' VIEWS. Washington, July 19. i iWhen the Senate resumes its sittings j ; ;#ri August 24j Senator Saulsbury will \faoye ijjat action be taken on his resolution suggesting combined action to aggression in the Pacific. .'There is a disposition among members of the Foreign Relations Committee to support the resolution. - Several Senators from the Pacific Coast are keenly iuterested and have conferred with Senator Saulsbury. Subsequently, Senator Phelan, California, said .it was of the greatest importance that some arrangement or alliance should be formed by the great Powers on..the- Pacific as a protection against German aggression. In case of necessity, these Powers should police the Paci- ' SO. „ There should be a frank understanding between the Allies as to their respective interests and a combination of forces. They should be bound to repe'ct tiie status quo. Action was necessary in the case not''only of Australia but also of the West Coast with regaru to the Island possessions of America. Germany will realise that a good understanding between the Powers of the Pacific will probably lead to a post-war trade agreement against Germany. This may impel Germany to abandon her militaristic war aims and seek an earlier end to the war. Senator Jones, Washington State, agreed that the question was an important one and that Congress should shoulder it and consider not only keeping German raiders out of the Pacific, but whether any of Germany's former South Pacific possessions should be returned after the war.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assoc. MOTHER COUNTRY. TEE PEACE TERMS. NO ROOM FOR THE PACIFIST, London, July 10. - The Committee of the Comrades of Empire entertained the overseas representatives at dinner at the Naval and Military Club, with a view to co-ordina-ting methods of dealing with discharged ' and demoralised sailors and soldiers throughout the Empire. Sir Joseph Ward* said the war must end in no uncertain peace. There was only one course fqr the British Empire to follow. They must not listen to the pacifist or the negotiator, but beat the enemy first, and then see that the terms of peace are so based as to teach the enemy that the only result of such a war is to look after the men who fought for us. He detailed what New Zealand was doing. No pension in the world is more generous than New Zealand is giving. He hoped the discharged soldier, wherever he goes, will be able to enlist assistance as a citizen of the British Empire.. The peace terms must see that the enemy gets no naval or aerial bases in the Pacific.—Aas.-N-Z. Cable Assoc. MINISTERIAL CHANGES, London, July 19. The Press Bureau states that Sir L. Worthington Evans has been appointed to succeed Lord Robert Cecil as Minister of Blockade, the latter being appointed Assistant Foreign Secretary. Major-General Seely has been appointed Parliamentary Secretary to act as Deputy Minister for Munitions. Mr Waldof Astor has been appointed (Parliamentary Secretarv to the Food Ministry. Owing to the increasing burdens of tlie Foreign Secretary, Mr Balfour expressed a wish that Lord Robert Cecil should take a larger and more responsible part in the work of the Foreign Office.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assoc.