AUSTRALIAN POLICY. MR. FISHER'S AIMS.
THE STEAD INTERVIEW. A GROTESQUE MISREPRESENTS. TION. MR. HUGHES'S COMMENTS. By fM«Bffe£ui«>-Prm AuMifction,— CopyrtgnW rTteceitsd Augnst 1, 0.20 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. Mr. W. M. Hughes, Actihg-Ferkwl Premier, has received the following e&Uegmm from Mr. Antltw FM«r ift regard to th& reported interview pub" lished in the Review o? Reviews i— ■ "Mr. Btead'* report df hi« inter' view with myself, «& cabled by y<m, is grotesque. I saw him lor ft few minutea MTriedty, and eftid w-hat I have stated htmdred& of time* in wublie fepgechfcs Ift Australia afitl the united Klng<tom«*bhnb our objec tive wa* W«> world's peace, our policy offeetivfe defence, our aim unity t>l the Empire. AH the* would be best alt&lnsu 1 by fettrottng His Majesty's Gtovernmeftt* in tire United Kingdom and the Dominion* to give the best «dvi* fts rpgpffil» stole Mhiistef& of the family of nation*. " Mr. Hughes, tommenHng on this m«« Sftgej skid : "When Mr. Fialwr calls Mr-. Stead's repotted interview grotes* que, he eraffipa into ohe word every epithet ,ni ridicule, tfertunctebiffn, and contehipb that every {n,ir>mlndett nmn must feel towards «ne who vilified him. The attack but served to heighten Mr, Fisher's reput&Uoh, &hd amply wri^ rented our expressed belief in the nb» Sfirdity ©f attributing auch »tßtemeht9 to him."
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 27, 1 August 1911, Page 7
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