BRITISH LABOR TO GERMANY.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4898, 18 June 1918, Page 6

BRITISH LABOR TO GERMANY.

The message that British labor sends to -Germany is brief, but full of meaning. It cannot he misinterpreted; only-with the greatest difficulty can its significance be kept j from the German people. Chair- ■ man Purdy’s words at the opening of . the annual convention of the Labor party are not to he misunderstood : “A negotiated peace while Germany occupies the territory of others would he a German victory. ‘lf'Germany does not accept President Wilson’s aims, those announced by Premier Llovd George and Labor’s minimum terms, we will fight OI In this there is no bombast, no rhetoric. It expresses soberly and with admirable restraint the purpose/ of men who have suffered, and are ready to suffer, not for material gain, not to accomplish a purpose of national aggrandisement, but to Protect their liberties and the freedom of the world from the assaults that have been made on it. It does not> deal in generalities. It cites specific, considered and reasoned statements of the aims of the Allies and of the United States that are open to the scrutiny-of every man who honestly seeks enlightenment. If German officialdom has,been deluding the German population as to the attitude of British labour, this declaration will straighten the crooked processes of Teutonic think g.