THE RETURNED MINISTERS.
A CIVIC RECEPTION. I3y Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night A civic reception was given to Mr. Massey and Sir Joseph Ward this afternoon. A large number of citizens attended, and the Mayor (Mi\ Luke, MP.) presided. , Mr. Massey said he was glad to be able to say officially that an armistice would not be granted. (Applause.) The Allies were up against an enemy whom they could not trust, and they must go on till Germany was smashed, or there was an unconditional surrender to the Allied Powers. The German fleet must be taken away and Germany's army demobilised.
Sir Joseph Ward said that when disarmament took place after the war there would be a great movement to bring the distant Dominions and the heart of the Empire closer together But for the strength and solidarity of the British, the war could not have listed 12 months. After the war, class distinctions would be rubbed off the slate, and recognition would have to be given to the class without whom they could never have won the war. At the front, the richest and the poorest fought side by side for freedom. i
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 October 1918, Page 3
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194THE RETURNED MINISTERS. Taranaki Daily News, 16 October 1918, Page 3
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