MR. BALFOUR INTER VIEWED.

Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 95, 24 April 1917, Page 2

MR. BALFOUR INTER VIEWED.

EFFORTS TOWARDS CD-OPERA-

TION.

LASTING PEACE BY SUCCESS-

FUL WAR

Australian and N.Z Cnhle Association NEW YORK, April 22. # Mr Br.lfonr, in an> interview, said that the people of America must realise thii't they Were in tho fnco of a reaV light, and must be prepared to, malvo Vhe individual sacrifice which would be demanded. The war would bo a lonp tax on the resources* of mon iintl would require all that America could afford to give in financial asFistaiM.;} and commercial industry" an-'l enprgy. "We've conic.to help America, to turn the first ppge of a now chapter in the history-','-of mnvhood. America floes not yet'real'"f» nil fli^ will be called upon to do. AW EritiVi knf)\v what-:tbiif> means. Time »\ii! brhijj; tho.wrir homo to ynu/ps li lias to vis. Tt will bo some time befniv I lie people of- /.mericfi realise what they are np agninst. I am unable- to express an opinion on points of r>olicv nntil T have conferred with the President and officials. Fve come in order to do .what I can towards co-operation.

fcasy and elective, between those who i are striving to achieve a lasting peace | by tho <)nly possible meaas —namely, • a suo(3essfiu war. President AVilson _ ! 'has ijroclaimed that the world imist i! fee saved by the democracy. Tho j! British democracy hails this as a i *happy augury that the self-governing j 'committees will not be treated as; negligible because they are ismall, v The ruthless domination of one unscrupulous power must not be allowed to imperil the future of civilisation and the libertiai of mankind."