SPIRIT OF CONCORD.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 February 1922, Page 5

SPIRIT OF CONCORD.

GUARANTEES OF PEACE, SIR J. SALMOND’S VIEWS. VOICE OF AUSTRALASIA. By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. London, Feb. 17. Sir John SiV.mond, wh I has just air* rived from America, is convinced of jthe necessity of separate Australian and New Zealand representation at Imperial and international conferences, based on his experiences at Washington. He did not think the system of joint representation would be agreed to. He rejoices in the spirit of concord, compromise, and surrender on the part of all the Powers, rendering a great settlement possible. Pointedly omitting France, he states: “I am satisfied the conference resulted in a most notable increase in goodwill, mutual, confidence, and understanding among three great Powers, the British Empire. the United States, and Japan, Australia and - New Zealand welcome the Pacific settlement as a guarantee of peace, in the oceans in which they possess most direct special interests. Under the Naval Treaty the battlecruirer New Zealand, of which New Zealanders are justly proud, is doomed. They regard her impending destruction with regret, which is natural and inevitable in view of the origin and history, but recognising the greatness of the occasion they are willing that the great ship given to Great Britain for, purposes of war shall be offered as a scarifiee on the altar of peace. In this connection I suggest her destruction should be a public ceremonial, not secretly and not silently, as if it were putting obsolete machinery on the scrap-heap, but with dignity, honor, ceremonial and observance appropriate to so great and significant an episode.” Sir John Salmond will sail for New Zealand on March IS.—United Service.