ROAD TO PEACE.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 February 1922, Page 5

ROAD TO PEACE.

WASHINGTON RESULTS. MR. BALFOUR’S WORK. CHANGE IN PACIFIC. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Feb. 17, 5.5 p.m. London, Feb. 16. Members and supporters of the Government gave a welcome luncheon, to Mr. A. J. Balfour. Mr. Lloyd George, presiding, said that Mr. Balfour above all others at Washington helped to clear the skies. He treated great problems in a great way. Mr. Balfour had the most .passionate love for his country. He has won the honor and respect of the Empire and the civilised world and he has won, more than ever, the trust and affection of multitudes of his fellow countrymen. Mr. Lloyd George, referring to the Washington agreement, said it reduced burdens and removed anxieties, no€ merely from England, the Empire, Australia and New Zealand, but from all lands. It was one of the most conspicuous services rendered to humanity. Mr. Balfour said four months ago nobody expected that the vast area of the Pacific Ocean, in which there was anxiety and suspicion of preparation for possible wars and competing expenditures.—and something approaching mutual fear was prevalent—would so soon change to conditions under which all those wretched symptoms threatening the East with the horrors which passed through Europe, had completely ended, and the foundation had been laid on which any great question might be settled. Mr. Balfour said the world owed an unaccountable debt of gratitude to the United States. Mr. Balfour was later tumultuously welcomed in the House of Commons, members of all parties waving order papers.