PRINCE OF WALES MAY VISIT AUSTRALIA IN 1931

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6946, 27 June 1929, Page 7

PRINCE OF WALES MAY VISIT AUSTRALIA IN 1931

Ex-Servicers’ Conference

DISARMAMENT POLICY AND NAVAL OFFICERS

NO WORD OF COMPLAINT. Aus>t. Press Assn. —United Service. Received Wednesday, i.oO p-m. LONDON, June 25. Although there is no official confirmation of the report that the Prince oi Wales is going to Australia in IJ3I, delegates to the ex-servicers ’. confereucc express the opinion it is most P 'They point out that the next conference will be held in Australia, which it is appropriate the Prince oi Wales should open, as well as tho Sydney Harbour bridge. The Prineo presided at tlio exscrV'iccrs’ banquet at the Hotel Cecil. Americans present included General Dawes. v The Prince said tho King was disappointed that he was not able perscmally to receive the delegates who now number 64 compared with 35 two years ago. He paid tribute to those who had travelled so far and said: “W r o did our best in war time, now let us do our best for world peace." Tho Prince then turned to the conference president, Major-General Sir Andrew Russell, of New Zealand and said: “Here is my old friend, Ancly Russell. When I visited Wellington, Andv fell in with his old comrades and I had the idea,sure of shaking hands with him, as if he were just a private. Sir Andrew Russell appealed to all to foster a kindly spirit throughout the world through ex-servicemen. Lord Jellicoc toasted the visitors and General Dawes chiefly. He said: “General Dawes performed a great service to America, also to mankind. Ex-servicemen want peace, as is manifested by the conference’s resolutions. Empire ex-servicemen are desirous of linking up with'tho American Legion (cheers). General Dawos may world the naval disarmament axe, thus further hurting my brother officers. lam most anxious to impress this fact on tho public, that though many British naval officers have had their careers cut off, there has not been a single word of complaint (prolonged cheers). They silently accepted whatever world leaders deemed best for world peace." Dawes received an ovation. Ho said “America learned to know tho Prince of Wales, not only as a Prince but as a prince among men. Tho world, peace objective should bo uppermost in the public mind. It is furthering the comradeship ideal, as opposed to force, as the arbiter between nations. That expresses my chief instructions from the Presidents that expresses the Kellogg pact (cheers). Your American comrades agree that sentiment expresses purposes which ail ex-sorvicemcn .endorse, even those who served against us."