MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 December 1918, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

THE COST OF THE WAR. . |IU« BE PAID BY GERMANY. SBBMANB to be fired out of fiiOUNl). WDWH PIHINCE PRINCIPAL INSTI-ttATO-B OP THE WAR deceived Dec. 13, I.R U» Ti—J r, tendoii, Jhe. 11. luT?* G ««lge, speaking at Bristol, !f~ «M* *o««eriptiott «u iatrodoeed it ® eet ■» emergency, aid whan iIJJSV *2 h,TB V"*- Act y" »P**. There was no intention to '£**« Conference would "f JlfiH toaboli.li the Continental can■Mpt krmiei in order to prevent the *ot*n of war and secure a permanent Any Fmm Conference perpetrac W-.lln»|Ctn conscription won!U be a ft» « ribm. lira British Nary wa» n.defensive, not offensive, treapen. Tlmium*,- we 1 M set wu to gin it «§. (®WM.) Tile Premier reiterated that m far ai QHmny't capacity admitW she must • |*y the aost of the war to the last penny. The AHie*' war bill waj twentyfour thousand tatHfons sterling. It wa* ' fatWehlHi that the loaen, who were la the wkuik. shvald pay less than flu ingum who vera m th; fi#ht Tie Premier here pointed oat that, - cwintf to oar naval expenditure end the *i| .Brftaia had vald and (mated her aaUkta Mr war bills were immensely heavier than Germany's. Onr Kturow<Ui allies were unanlmons that-the ex-Kaiser and hi* accomplices must be held iespon*ible 15¥ the crimo« and hi hobod President Wilson would decide nhnilsrly. The information in uqj»«MiiMt- of the Government showed tliit the-.ex-'CrowTi Pr>nco was probably thft imiieator ef the war. ' He deprecated Oermany purinj in'demnitles'bT dtnmfae her sweated pood* ' B* m» waiwt kaepins for a long time a Htte standing firmv in occupation nf <Wiii»A» whie 5 * w««ld bn h*4 burinr*' industrially. The German aliens would nof *Mnt» Ipn' 'n R-itain. ih. v vi>— fftfiig to be fired oht, and tliere would %•*»»*» comiftete. (Loud dseers.) CAH GERMANY PATT > London, Dec. U. Mr. Cftonitiß, at Dundee, dwelt on ;U» of the British Jutaackl situ-Mlm.-lnUt, however, he was oonfident • cwsageeittljr ©vtrwme. About ahi Mvtnths of Our debt wu due to ourMftMt. Wt had sent America 400 ■Slkm aferimg Ik bullion and about KM9 MBlw in America* seenrities. Mdt 4f:.iUa mot waa teased on belaif«ithe AUm and Baaei*. We not outf' loat tile interest on the securities, htM to pay fartaraat thereon to the ftwn whom tike Got- ■ tnumnt had taken then over. A sfcroag Allied Ooaimiaskm is inyrMay ta traiy direction regarding GerM MMta which are capable of being OB for tie purpose of dis- : rinHig Oe eoet at the ww.—Aus. N.Z. -AMI SPEECH BY MR. ASQUITH. jSEACt PCTgRMOST PABTHKQ SIOMTHEWBOIfCDOBB. ftmnw 3UaPBBSESTATKW AT XtACX OQN7EE£KC£.

ttMfirad Deo. U» 12J fcnfc lifflftdttp, Dec. 11. Ifr. 'JlMmlQi, speaking at Nottingham, ; tout tie axaetkm of tiw uttermost ' ten the Wrongdoer. Ha «m----dastnada® ijM|pwiir> economic boycott, *-' MA wut be « dean litoJjWfc repatriation waa obtained. OttMKptini in Qreat Britain mutt tie jftnWlW tt accordance with the raiderptlrtfaf when it was introduced. ,'lia Mm Bunas steles tt»t the ■ MaaaA ia Imrsasmg the onNejfeUßt demobilisation donatio* by 1 fltt «hßHags weekly in the ease ot men aal wwnea, and half-a-crown for emytoyuea who an minora. Men will now •fcttf* 2M and women 25*. It-4a «aoffieially announral that Mr. 9. B. Clynea (Food Minister) has been . feetoded In tla British repreaentatioa . at tha Peace Conference.—Ana. KJZ. CUrfcAsaoe. and Barter. - MILITARY TRAINING. ALLEGED BEITISH PLANS. Iftaaitad Dae. 12, £5 pan. » lSoadon, Dee. 11. jMlojriiig the declaration of the donronwßt's policy to influence the ' Peace Conference in favor of the worldwids abolition of conscription, coupled with Mr. Lloyd George's denial that Brftjda int«d* to retain an army of fcw mißion jorng men for four years, IfrJlhaßMw secretary of 'he Bailwaymmft Soaiety, speaking at Manchester, read a latter, the authenticity of which 1»; Wfa prepared to vouch for, from a liberal of the War Office to a colleague, stating it was intended to maintain a a pat army of twenty divisions, but lag wiH bs disclosed until after the elections, and not iill the league of nattOMS fioMensc haa been disetttsed. The latfetexplainfd that the training frould include four years during the school _ period and a Tear's service upon reach- ' iag the ag* ol 19, and brief periods of tnfatncupto4o. ' fie rim audi leaders are nsing their ■ political influence against tike Coalitjffe, and hav« issued a manifesto to all ffiaistm pointing out that the Coalition ia not a representative GovemMit, tad. urging the progressive people Eh tM Free Chttrthes to avert a catas- ' trophi to tha movamenta of progress fey tutit* their votes for candidates wj» (teM Arm against the Coalition's siajstsr Resign.—Ana. IX2. Oabla As* tifctethß art Banter. IffiAT POSITION EABCT. Baeelved Dae. IS, 6.15 p.m. London, Dse. fl. ™ )M* sStnaiioo haa eonsidaraMy arrival of large