SECURITY OF NATIONS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 25 October 1916, Page 5

SECURITY OF NATIONS.

NEUTRALS' PART AFTER WAR

MUST SUBSCRIBE TO GUARAN-

TEES

TO BE UPHELD BY FORCE IE

NECESSARY

LONDON, Oct. 24. • In his speech at a foreign press luncheon, referring to President Wilson's advocacy that neutrals should participate in securing peace in the future, Viscount Grey added that in order to make that proposition effective neutral nations must be prepared to use force to compel the observance of .treaties and keep the peace. We must also come to an, agreement after the war ,as to how war should be conducted. Germany had been guilty of more terrible anarchy than the wprld had ever known. She had broken down all barriers which ancient civilisation had created in order "to keep ; the horrors of war 'within range' Neutral nations must see that something was done to ensure that the rules of warfare—if there must be warfare"—must be kept in future, and science not misused for ther destruction of mankind. There must be no end to this war and no peace excepting a peace which will ensure the nations of Europe freedom from Prussian militarism. We are determined to continue to make every sacrifice until we have secured the future. peace of the whole continent of Europe, so *that our sacrifices shall not have been in vain. ■. ' .

t'We should not," added Viscount Grey, "think what Germany is saying to-day, hut what her Government and people expected when the war started. Eminent Germans then avowed that Germany's obect was to" dictate peace to Europe, and that the individual nations must surrender their sovereignty. The Gerniaus?:: efforts; toseparate the Allies only confirmed their resolve to govthrough to the end. Neutrals could do good work in the direction of preventing a recurrence of such a war, but the belligerents were engaged in a life and death struggle, fighting for victory (whereof the prospects were daily improving), and could not be expected to spend their time in developing ideas on _ after-war measures. If. the nations desire to do' something more eftectiW than before the war in order to maintain peace by common action,.'< they should undertake only what; they were prepared to uphold by force. We are all in favor of peace safeguards, but we say to neutrals that we shall ask them, when the time comes for, them to make demands on us: "Will yon also pay up, when the time comes?" Something^ more than signatures of sovereigns and presidents is needed to make a. thing like that worth while. It must have behind it Parliament and national sympathies. .'