KAISER AND HIS ASSASSINS

Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 23, 26 January 1918, Page 9

KAISER AND HIS ASSASSINS

SUGGESTED PEACE CONDITIONS

MR. MASSEY'S FIRM ATTITUDE.

The Prime Minister (Bight Hon. W. F. Massey) maintains an unflinching attitude in regard to peace terms which have been suggested in certain quarters. Mr. Massey made the following statement yesterday:— ■

"Apparently there are certain sections of British people who are willing to forget the outrages of which British citizens and their Allies have been the victims during the last three and a-half years, and who are desirous of finding excuses to make peace with the powerful and unscrupulous foe, who, ever since the outbreak of war, has by the foulest and most brutal methods left nothing undone which would tend to the destruction of Britain's Empire. The British spirit, however, is not yet crushed, and the strongest and best-equipped army Britain has ever put in the field still presente an unbroken front to the enemy, and, whatever happens, it is for us, their fellow citizens, for whom they are fighting, to support them loyally and wholeheartedly as they deserve to be supported. There are many millions of British citizens to-day, and along with them our brave soldiers and heroic sailors, who would just as soon think of making peace with a family of tigers ac with the Kaiser and his assassins, and at the same time expect any conditions agreed upon to be adhered to

"Judging by present appearances, there will be a tremendous battle on the Western front within the next few months—a battle which may decide the war—but remembering the 'battle's, sieges, and fortunes' in which. General Haig and his men have played well their part during the war period, we can look forward with confidence to the next clash of arrne. I am convinced that in Haig, Beatty, and Robinson we., have three great captains, worthy of the men whom they lead and the race to which they belong, equal to the best that Britain ever produced, and capable of defending Britain's honour in - the most serious crisis we have ever been called upon to face. With the help of Divine Providence, Who in a just cause helps those who help themselves, we shall get through successfully, and wnen it is all over, the 'Red, White, and Blue' will still float triumphant over a strong, free, and united Empire."