ASSET TO THE ALLIES.
A STRIDE TO VICTORY. LABOUR LEADER'S VIEW. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received 2.10 p.m.) LONDON, March 18. Mr G. N.Barnes, the Labour leader and Minister of Pensions, in' a speech at Eastham said that he believed the revolution in Russia would prove the chief event on the asset side of the war. The Russian people had made a long stride towards freedom- "More strength to the Duma" he added. "May it gather up all that is best in Russian life." For months Russia had been torn asunder by internal Btrife. Thousands of her soldiers had been sacrificed by the rascality and greed of tbe bureaucracy, which was as corrupt as.existed in any part of the world. He believed the revolution would have a reflex influence on tho German bureaucracy, and would re-echo throughout the world.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 67, 19 March 1917, Page 6
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140ASSET TO THE ALLIES. Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 67, 19 March 1917, Page 6
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