MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 December 1918, Page 7

MOTHER COUNTRY.

PRESIDENT WILSON'S VISIT. AMERICA GRATIFIED AT RECEPTION. FRIENDSHIP AND COMMON Dii£iUiST. New York, Dec. 27. New York newspapers express gratification at President Wilson's reception in London, and point out that it is a token of the deep friendship and common interest and ideals of the two nations.

The London correspondent of the New iTork Times interviewed Lord Fisher (formerly First Sea Lord of the Admiralty) , who said that the question of the freedom of the seas far exceeded in importance the idea of a League of Nations. President Wilson could best merit eternal fame and compel the continuance of peace by inducing all the nations who speak the English language to become a federation of the free nations, a great commonwealth of the free republics. Lord Burnham, interviewed, eaid: "The President's visit to these Stores is recognised everywhere as of immeasurable importance to both countries, and marks the deep and abiding interest the people of England take in affairs concerning the giant western democracy. The visit makes visible the truth of the common understanding of the moral forces of the world, which alone are able to insure right standards of civili-sation.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assoc.

THE KING'S SPEECH. PLAN TO AVERT FUTURE WARS(Rec. Dec. 28, 5.3 p.m.) London, Dec, 27 The King in his speech at the Buckingham Palace banquet said: It is necessary that England and America alike shall apply the principles of popular self-government beyond our borders for the world's good. The President has tome to help lay the foundation for a settlement which will rest on the consent of the emancipated nationalities. It is our hope, as well as America's hope, that a plan may be devised to avert, if possible future wars. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

BRITAIN'S NEW SUBMARINES. HEAVY ARMAMENT AND HIGH SPkED. New Yorlt, Dec. 27 Naval officers attached to the American fleet who have just arrived declare that England has built a new type of large submarine, carrying a 12in. gun mounted forward. It was used for bombarding Heligoland on several occasions. The recoil of the gun was so heavy that the submarine was forced six feet below the water.

The officers added that England -iad developed a submarine with 25 knots surface speed. It was steam driven and. armed with 4in. guns, and had a crew of 50. It was equipped with long-range wireless, and when submerging the two stacks folded back and the hatches automatically closed. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assoc.

TIMBER RESTRICTIONS REMOVED. London, Dec. 27. The Press Bureau states that dealings in timber in the United Kingdom will <be unrestricted after January I. Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assoc.