DOMINIONS' RIGHTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 167, 15 July 1918, Page 5

DOMINIONS' RIGHTS.

IN FASHIONING POLICY. CONSTTUTATION ON PEACE TERMS. NO FRATJITOLENT TERMS. .(Received 11.50 a.m.) LONDON, July 14. . Ir - Lloyd George, speaking at the Ministry of Information's dinner to Canadian editors, paid a tribute to Canada's part in the war and the achievements of Canadian soldiers at the front. Since the beginning of the war Canada had manufactured 55,000,000 shells and 45,000,000 cartridges. One of the results of the war would be a real change in the character of the British Empire. '"This is a ■war in which we engaged the Dominions without consulting them," he continued, "because there was no time to do so. It ia true that the Dominions had approved of our policy of protecting the small States of Europe, but henceforth you will have the right to be consulted beforehand. The conti/butions I you have made to enforce our treaties i give you the undeniable right to a voice in fashioning a policy which may com-| mit you. For that reason the Imperial { War Cabinet is a reality. There the Dominions' representatives sit with rep : resentatives of the British Umpire to consult %ur: decide under absolutely equal conditions. That is making a. great change in the history o£ the Empire. "You must have a voice in tl'.e settlement of peace conditions. The War Cabinet has discussed war aims and the conditions on which we are prepared to make peace. We arrived at an agreement on this subject last year with the representatives'of .the Dominions. We , shall reconsider the same problem in the light of events that have occurred since. ' I have no doubt that in the course of the next few weeks Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Newfoundland -will determine the conditions under which they are prepared to make peace. Un-j less I am mistaken tp. are pretty well I in agreement. There must be no hugger' •"Vgger peace. We as a whole have lost hundreds of. thousands and had millions j We have not made these sac-! rifices 2 x>rder to establish a fraud upon the earth. Anything less than real peace would he defrauding not only this generation, but the next also, and defrauding humanity."—(A. and N.Z. Cable.)