WORK OF PREMIERS.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 August 1921, Page 5

WORK OF PREMIERS.

REVIEWED BY MR. MASSEY. ANGLO-JAPANESE TREATY. INFLUENCE FOR PEACE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received August 10, 7.35 p.m. London, August 10. Mr. W. F. Massey, reviewing the Imperial Conference, said several misunderstandings were removed, and the representatives learned much of each other and of the different viewpoints of the several countries within the Empire. At the commencement there seemed to be an idea amongst a small section of the public in the Dominions that the United Kingdom representatives intended to interfere in some unexplained way with the autonomy of the younger nations, but there was not a scintilla of truth in this.

The Anglo-Japanese Treaty was thrashed out, and Mr. Massey thought he was justified in saying that the weight of opinion was that the peace of the world was most likely to be secured by a continuance of the present arrangement, unless a tripartite arrangement can be agreed upon by Britain, America and Japan. He had no hesitation in saying that something in that way would be the best thing that could possibly happen. Mr. Massey trusted that what the Conference did regarding the most important question of Empire communications would be followed by tangible results. Airships should be exploited, cables cheapened and wireless developed. There was also a need for faster shipping services with lower freights. Mr. Massey said much of the work was naturally confidential, and cannot be disclosed. The representatives learned much from each other, and saw more clearly the tremendous possibilities of the Empire as a whole. They realised the corresponding responsibility of those entrusted with the management and control of its different parts, so they may be able to work together as one great power for the good of its citizens and al! the peoples of the world. He believed the Conference would tend to hasten the restoration of normal conditions to British countries. If the Washington Conference could bring about a tripartite arrangement between Britain, America and Japan, much progress would be made towards the millennium.—United Service.