MR. HUGHES IN EUROPE

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2765, 8 May 1916, Page 6

MR. HUGHES IN EUROPE

;:.!■: "- "A STRONG MAN FROM *~:,,::..':,,. ..AUSTRALIA". , .., : ;By TeTeßraßh-Preas Asßociation-Oooyrifflit »;\v("Times" .and Sydney "Sun" Services.) ~..n . :,,..J. ._• •.:,, . - .Londcn, May 5. Press loses'no opportun- '' v i fc y;t<)'.deride Mr. Hugl.es.."The "Co-' ':.'■ *?2. ne Gazette" publishes •-.■ part of his -.v; Edinburgh speech,' headed ''A- Strong vJ.yMan From Australia.""'The-"Gazette" • ; ■ ?? ys: I'Herr .Hughes enjoy; the splendid :v.; Press'of England,-. Tha tougher English ;;.; .:;. statesmen are invited to copy his rough-:'&-'*W}:J?a<Jy "'■'strike-them-dead'; manner.. ■ I ?je r^at 'difference is whether,' like Hughes, those playing the strong ;'f. wan; have no further responsibility, or /;«.whether they,have to piovide some sort of; harmony between words,and deeds. Um'Mr.;.Churchill.was lacking in deeds, so i:.i-:'.-lib: was hissed;off the . stage; Herr :-:/ Hughes continues as a bald circus-ath-.lete; to 'swing .hundredweights' made of ..JXpapor. ;It is a.sigu bi' : English intcllec- ■ '■■"■' tual decadence that this Australian is : ' hailed as'the ideal of statesmanship." . ■:%ffHE PREMIER'S MOVEMENTS AND ;■;.,..:—.- ~:■■■;:■;. PI ; ANS , (Rec. May 6, 7.50 p.ri|.) .'". • ■, London, May 5. '■; ' .Mr.' Hughes has gone to Wales, and .•; will return on Monday, when he will / have further conferences concerning the ;.,",freight,and,metal problems... .'■'■',' Mr.' Hughes has not. decided on the ;.■- length of'his stay in England, and' — .-.hopes in response to imitations to visit ;. Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, -Bristol,. ■"Birmingham,- and fork, and would also ; .like opportunities ■:' to address Labour . circles and follow up the policy he will ■ , submit. at the Paris ; " Conference., This ■;', : depends on whether his. return' to Aus- • tralia is urgent '/or.'whether he can be spared a longer period in England...' ".' ■ . Mr. Hughes attends the Sugar Porv - siucers' Conference on Tuesday:.