OPINION IN BRITAIN.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 5002, 17 October 1918, Page 5

OPINION IN BRITAIN.

i WILSON’S DECISION WEL- | COMED. I GUARANTEES**WANTED BEFORE ! ARMISTICE. LONDON, Oct. 15. Mr. ■ Bonar Law says that it would Ijg unwise for any of the Allies to state the tenns to bo imposed on Germany before an armistice is granted. Mr. Arthur Henderson, Labor M.P., in an interview, said Germany must give military and naval guarantees before an armistice was granted. Organised labor should throw their whole weight on the side of President Wilson and Mr Lloyd-George. Lord Reading, in a speech at a luncheon to M. Pasliitch, alluded to the terms of peace. Ho said, that justice would be merciful if there were extenuating circumstances, but it must be stem if there were none. ‘‘Let us win the regard which i? justly ours,” he added, “by the destruction of militarism.” President Wilson’s Note has been published in London. * The public welcome the uncompromising declaration that the conditions of an armistice must bo left to the army chiefs, also the stern denunciation of German atrocities. Australian and N.Z. Gable Association. (Received Oct. 16 11 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 16. A mass meeting of Liverpool seamen demanded full German reparation for the Leinstei' outrage and the overthrow' of th© Kaiser and militarism. It decided to extend the boycott to .Germany for another year until this is secured. TURKEY’S PEACE NOTE. BRITAIN DEMANDS UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER, Australian and N.Z. Gable Asß&aintfan. LONDON Oct, 15. Britain’s reply to Turkey’s peace Note will demand unconditional surrender. ,

IMAVY LEAGUE V6EWS. UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER THE ONLY TERMS. Mr. Vincent Pyke, of the Gisborne branch of the Navy League, received the following telegram yesterday from the secretary of the Canterbury branch of tho League in Christchurch:- —At a largely attended meeting of the League lalst evening the following resolution \va s carried unanimously: That the War Fund Committee of tho Canterbury branch of the Navy League emphatically protests against a “bargain peace” or a peace on any terms other than that of the enemy’s unconditional surrender, and strongly urges the New Zealand Government to make representations to that effect to the Imperial Authorities.

Mr Pyke communicated the telegram to various members of the branch and a reply was sent Stating that the Gisborne committee of the League unanimously and emphatically supported Canterbury’s resolution.