THE BASIS OF LASTING PEACE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3181, 4 September 1917, Page 7

THE BASIS OF LASTING PEACE

POLICY OF ECONOMIC WAR 0? PROTECTION A POTENT WEAPON London, September & Lord Robert Cecil (Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs), in an interview, eaid that ne did not consider that there wad any inconsistency between President Wilson's Note and the Allies' policy as de* clared in the resolution of the Pans Economic Conference. They were purely defensive, aiming $t th© accessary restoration of the economic life of the Allies after the war, protection against aDy aggressive militarist and commercial policy the enemy might pursue after the war. Germany's schemes for forcing her Allies into a commercial league showed the real danger .in that connection. "Wo consider economic considerations as vital as military measures during tho war/' . lie said/ • fr W® must foster our economic strength, as much as that of _ tho Army and No-vy, and ive may rightly* attack tho enemy's economic - strength with every legitimate weapon. Accordingly, we rejoice jn America's vigorous export policy. One of the most potent weapons for impressing the Germans with tli© folly and wickedness of their militarist leaders is to show them that wax is unprofitable. Even the existing" neutrals are reaching the end of their patiI ence as Tegards German outrages. It is scarccly. extravagant to say that, *if the war lasts many more months, the Central Powers will find tho whole of remainder of tho world against \thero. This state of things shows that military force is not everything. Even if the German arms are successful, os the Kaiser yswsts, Germany's future is increasingly dark. The Note also possibly indicates tho /Teal solution, of tlie problem of preventing future the financial, commercial, and econoimo isolation oE-an aggressive Power by tlie proposed League of Nations. Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. ■ '

THE ALLIED SOCIALIST CONFERENCE A MANIFESTO OF POLICY'. London, September 2. Mr Arthur Henderson, M. Vandervelde, M. Thomas and other British, Balgianand French delegates to the Socialist Conference, have issued a manifesto in orde* to avoid a misunderstanding owing to failure of the conference to agree on the principal questions. The manifesto etates:—A policy of Imperialist and antagonistic tendencies, which divide tne capitalistic societies, caused .the war. Victory for the German Imperialist wilt mean the annihilation'of democracy and. liberty throughout the world. The Bussum Revolution has not yet stirred an uprising of the popular forces in Austria and Germany. Instead, the iiw Russian democracy has been compelled to defend itself against renewed aggression bv the Tsars of Vienna and Berlin *119 Russian peace formula deals with a clearer definition of peace witliout indemnities, but this should not exclude just compensation for damages. Peace without annexations cannot exclude dis annexation /of territories conquered by force. A war for right must not bo permitted to become a _ war of conquest. The Austrian cannot expect an effective effort towards peace until they substitute for their present Governments a democratic regime, • which will seal the defeat of , militarism. It will then be the <">ty of. 1 the Socialists all over the ttorld to prevent the Allied Governments crushing the new Austrian and German df-mowa-cies.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assii. TEUTON SOCIALISTS WANT fEACE

(Roc. September 3, 9.30 p.m.) Zurich, September 3. Herr Sclioidemanji and Herr Ebert, representing the German Majority feudists, attended 'a conference of Socialists of the Central Powers at Vienna. The meeting demanded that a Stockholm Conference ba • held without delay, and appealed to the Dutch and Scandinavian Committee to.mako arrangements. They recommended that the question of the responsibility for the ;var be excluded from the Stockholm deliberations, and urged that Austria should continue hor peace efforts and exercise <» Germany, Bulgaria, and Turkey in the direction of peace—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

PAN-GERMANS RAISE COUNTER- . AGITATION / • PROTEST 'AGAINST REICHSTAG'S : PEACE RESOLUTION. ■; (Rec. September 3, 11.45 p.m.) Amsterdam, September 3. ■The are _ making an effort to, dissolve tie Beichstag. The. loa'dins? Jrrakor newspapers declare that tto Reichstag does . not. represent the neonle, and are organising a campaign in fafour of a dissolution or a generalelection. The R«i?Tistag s pnnapal offence consists in. its peace r®oluhon. ■ The paa-Germnn organisations ate deluging Dr. Michaelia and von Hindenbwg with resolutions dcntmciatoTj ot tno resolutions.—Aus.-N.Z. Caßle Assn. PEACE COUNCIL DISPERSED AT CHICAGO TALK OF A CONFERENCE IN THE , ATLANTIC. New York,? September 2. The People's Council opened a Peace Conference at Chicago, but tho police quietly dispersed the gathering. In , confe/ence has teen fcamd m four States, and the "Washington delegate state thev will charter a ship fliid hold the conference in the Atlantic Ocean. A.HS.-N.21. Cable Aesh. . A PEACE CRY FROM KOREAN SOCIALISTS Stockholm,' September 2. International Socialists at Korea have, sent congratulations on the initiation oi a conference with the object of bringing peace. They point out J* 9 Balkan questions precipitated the wnr, . so Korean questions ymay provoke the next war if Kwea remains enslavad-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. •7 . , . .7 A SHEARING DISPUTE SETTLED

Brisbane, September 3. Tfie shearing dispute has W settled. The men aro resuming work to-day-dispute arose from a demand by tho men at Charloville and Longrcach demanding a 44-hour lveek.J 1