BRITAIN.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VI, Issue 264, 24 October 1916, Page 5

BRITAIN.

ONLY ONE PEACE POSSIBLE. STATEMENT BY VISCOUNT GREY. [AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSN.] (Received 24, 1.5 p.m.) London, Oct. 23. Viscount Grey, sp-aking at the luncheon to fcr.ign newspaper correspondents this afternoon, declared that the terms of naac- must be formulated only by the Allies acting together. The war could not end until there was a guarantee that future Generations would not ba subjected to another cuch troublous ordeal.

(Received 24, 12.35 a.m.) London, Oct. 23. Replying to the toast of his health at the Foreign Press luncheon, V iscount Grey said that M. Briand’s recent speech in the French Chamber, Mr? Lloyd-George’s’ American interview and Mr. Asquith’s speech in the House of Commons gave the world the note tone of feeling of the Allies. He endorsed all they had said. The Allies must secure this war. They must not forget how the war originated. Germany’s statesmen talked of peace, and said Germany must have guarantees against future attacks. If Britain had forced war on Germany that would be a logical statement, but it was precisely because war was not forced on Germany but upon Europe by Germany, that the Allies must have guarantees of future peace. Viscount Grey reviewed , the prewar negotiations showing that Germany alone refused a pacific conference. All efforts to avoid war had failed because the will foi war existed in Beilin. It was because we had this experience that we were determined the war should not end until we were ■ sure that future generations shall not be subjected to such a teribble trial again. MINISTERS AT HOME. ’VISIT TO HORNCHURCH CAMP. [AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSN.] London, Oct. 22. Mr. Massey, speaking to the New Zealanders at Hornchurch convalescent camp, stated that he believed the Dominion’s pension proposals were the most liberal in the world. They had been able up to now to maintain their strength without compulsion. It would be a matter of the deepest satisfaction if the future historian could record that they had maintained voluntaryism throughout this great struggle. He was sure that the New Zealanders did not want forced men to fight side by side with volunteers.

Sir Joseph Ward re-echoed Mr. Massey’s congratulations. The New Zealanders had done such work as made the people of the Dominion justly proud. He paid, a tribute to the Maoris, who had done equally 7 well with their -white comrades and gained ungrudging admiration for their splendid gallantry. New Zealand would see to it that those wfio fought in the Empire’s battles would not be neglected on their return to their homeland. MESOPOTAMIAN INQUIRY. "WHITE-WASHING REPORT EXPECTED. (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSN. J (Received 24, 10.30 a.m.) London, Oct. 23. The “Daily Mail” states that the commission enquiring into the scandals of the Mesopotamia campaign is doing the work in a very peculiar manner. There is growing fear that it may issue a white-washing report. The “Daily Mail” demands that it should take the evidence of Sir O’Moore Creagh, who, while Com-mander-in-Chief of India, made many recommendations, which, if carried out would have prevented the disaster. LONDON NEW ITEMS. [AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSN. | Sir William Byrne has been appointed Under-Secretary for Ireland, vice Sir Matthew Nathan, who resigned at the time of the Irish rebellion. (Received 24, 9.10 a.m.) The International Agricultural Institute’s estimate of the world’s wheat crop is 25 per cent, below 1915. The Germans are releasing 10,000 Italians, mainly women, children, inI valids and old men, from concentration camps owing to food difficulties. Many leading English women, including Lady Birdwood, Lady Robertson, and thd Countess of llardwicke, representing the New Zealand War Contingent Association as directresses of the clubs for oversea soldiers, have issued an appeal, inviting all mothers and wives of the Empire to join in demanding notifi cation of venereal disease and that it should be treated as other dangerously infectious diseases.