OPINIONS OF MR MASSEY AND SIR JOSEPH WARD.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXVIII, Issue LXXVIII, 16 June 1919, Page 5

OPINIONS OF MR MASSEY AND SIR JOSEPH WARD.

,v LONDON, June 14. I Official.—At the luncheon given by i the High Commissioner, Mr Maesey j said: New Zealand, he felt sure, ac-i cepted the responsibility , to Samoa without hesitation, and" would do its | best to make \he islands prosperous and I the inhabitants contented. He believed in the future of New Zealand and, with its dependencies, it would become a strong British community in the South Pacific. He had no fear for the future as far as New Zealand was concerned, and felt confident that the people would do their share in any crisis that might arise. British people everywhere must take up energetically the policy of development, and become independent of other nations for their most important requirements. Sir Joseph Ward fiaid the Empire had to meet an unparalleled postion as regards finance. Only two things would help the taxpayer to carry' the burden. These were: (1) Enormously increased production; (2) the determin- I ation to save in directions not hitherto contemplated. It was to be regretted that some of the great men at the Peace Conference were very often' misunderstood as to what they were really doing in extraordinary difficulties. The general feeling was that we were not going to lose the war by havinc a bad r>eace.