ROYAL ACADEMY BANQUET
SPEECH BY MR. CHURCHILL. HOW TO MAKE WAR IMPOSSIBLE. Br Teleeraph.-Preai Association.— Copyrlfht. (Received May 6, 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, sth May. Sir George Reid (High Commissioner for Australia) and Sir William Hall-Jones (High Commissioner for New Zealand) were present at the Royal Academy banquet. The Right Hon. Mr. Winston.Churchill, in a speech, eaid that behind the development of a war force lay the claim pf a great Power to put the distinguishing mark of mankind. There was a danger of men. becoming fascinated with the terrible machinery of war, but if two great nations engaged in war, they wonld' bo heartily sick of it before it was finished. Tho best way to make war impossible was to make victory certain. The Prime Minister (Right Hon. H. H. Asquith) alluding to th© eale of Rembrandt's pictures, urged increasing cooperation of private generosity and the State. Sir Edward John Poynter (President of tho Royal Academy) advocated A register giving a nation first refusal over purchases of pictures. \
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 107, 6 May 1912, Page 8
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