ANZAC DAY DINNER.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 April 1919, Page 2

ANZAC DAY DINNER.

ME. HUGHES' VIEWS OK THE SITUATION. Paris, April 20. Five hundred Australian and New Zealanders attended the Artzao dinner at the Palais ©'Orsay Hotel. Mr. Hughes presided, and General Pau, who was present, had & yreat ovation Captain Wise, of the -23 th Division, proposed "The ComMr. Hughes, in responding, said that every Australian gloried in the achievements of the soldiers who were proud to fight alongside the New Zealanders and share the glories attaching to the name of Amizac. He had no wish to criticise the Council of Pour on account of their not revealing the peace terms before they were handed to Germany, but it was a grave error in fixing the terms within President Wilson's points. The public were gravely perturbed over the delay. He hoped the peace terms would compel Germany to repair the war's ravages and cost. Bolshevism was sweeping over Hungary and Bavaria and smouldering in Germany. The Allies were retreating in southern Russia, and were menaced with destruction at Archangel and Murmansk- It was a hollow mockery to say the world was safe for democracy in the face of such facts, yet bo one knew what kind of peace we were to have- Would that it be that to which we are entitled. Although the great war was over there were wars menacing. Germany should be definitely notified that she must sign the peace treaty, and preparations should immediately be made to compel her to do so.— Aus! N.Z. Gable Assoc.