DESIRE FOR PEACE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 125, 26 April 1927, Page 7

DESIRE FOR PEACE.

INVH ATIOnTo AMERICA. SENaT DR BORAH REPLIES. WASHINGTON, April 23. Senator lorah has sent a cablegram to the J anchester Evening News, which req ested him to comment on the invit it on extended by Lord Derby yesterda} n the occasion of the Manchester 01 amber of Commerce luncheon, at which Lord Derby said: — “There is one prominent American politician -ho always seems to think we in En; land are ogres.” Senator Borah’s cablegram was as follows:—*■' C need not be shown that English pei pie are not ogres. I never said anyth ng of that kind and never thought ai ything of that kind; quite the opposi o, I should liko to know on what I ard- Derby bases his desire to enliglne t me on this particular subject. I apj reciate his missionary spirit, but I do n t really feel the need of his gospel of mlightenment: I have no doubt thei } are millions in . England just as ai xious for industrial peace and worll peace as Lord Derby indicates, an I I have no doubt their en-. lightened c nception of industrial peace and intqi n itional justico is quite as exalted us Lord Derby indicates. I trust they, together with Lord Derby, will exer; heir influence alhng' these lint’s on heir Government in the Chinese £,fl lir. China is going to be the acid tst as to whether nations which have been preachihg peace want peace; wui h have been preaching international justice, and whether the industrial { ;ace which we covet for our own people is to be extended to other people. [ would really liko to visit England, a id I hope I may find an opportunity to do so. My mission, however, l ill not .bo . hunting wild game such as ogres, but to see and know botie • the people whoso highest encomium s that of always • having been loyal o their own flag, an attribute which prevails rather strongly, in the United States and which I think worth proie ving.”—A. and N.Z. cable.

Lord Dei >y, replying to a toast at the Manclie ter Chamber of Commerce’s luncheon, s id he wished that pertain prominent Americans could visit England. He ' xtended a personal invitation to Sei ator Borah, “who always thinks the English ogres” to come and be sin vn Lancashire, where he will see mi lions depending on industry and de iring peace.