MORE PEACE TALK.

North Otago Times, Volume CIII, Issue 13654, 23 August 1916, Page 2

MORE PEACE TALK.

DISCUSSION IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,' : 'Mil AHQUITII 'S DEFINITE PHO- ' ; - N(JIOTME?sT; : ; (i'cr l/ilile—l'ress Association—Copyright,) • ■("Ucuti'i-'s.TOlosriiins..-*■) LUXDON, August 21. Ju tin' House of Commons Sir W,.i\ liyk's (Liberal Al.l J .'•foi-.Salford-Nurtli), f< ... called attention to ' a statoinciil by> H Jlcrr - Zimmerman, '(Jermair Under- , Sccre'tary• for-t'orcigif• AlTairs, .that Uer- *>, many had often declared', her readiness •Jo negotiate, for peace, but Britain: had prevented the Entente responding. ' • : Mi" Asquith'said:' • .Ooymunylhaj'uot yet shown a.'disposition to • agree.'Jto .peace • except- "on' terms' intolerable 'or humiliating to some '.'of the Allies. .The .suggestion, that Britain is' inlluenclug itk.'&t'c)itc-^;'(}u]tc^ntru'!sf : - - : Xy 1 ' JJr Asquitli.added: " No peace twns suggested .uflicially." '..'•i.DANOEKOUSTEACE TALK. ' ! [Mr; Arthur • Henderson,the; knowni .Labour 1 JiiadcJ", -who rceeiitiy'rc"sjglicilfroiiji I he -British . as. i'r'eisident .of,'' Hie Board of Ertucaticiii, 'speaking.'at ia'Northainptoh ■ Hospital. . ■meeting, .said:: : >• • . ■ ■ ' ' f .Wc hear (alk .of ti premature pcaqc, and about the need of initiating peiiee negotiations. But lwant to.'say, and to say with all the'emphasis o'l' which •;I am capable, tJiafc in.spite ol ! suffering, in spite of,the .unparalleled sacrifices, 'lliaji 'have'been culled upon to uiake, 1, for oue, at any ratp, am convinood "of ■ the utter "futility and Hie actual danger of this talk of peace at tlie.p|,e- ---' 'tcufc moment. I would ask, who : are 'the . people--who; arc coilccring tli'eiii-selvfcsMuost-about these peace negolia> i tioiis, and who'would 'apparently 'accept a patchcd,-up peaceany kind J Lot mc put •It;.,in.,a'.single sentence, They are the "enemies of' this nation abrtiad,; who-are 'boasting' that / the Allied J'owcr.Sy and'.oui-b'cJyes'arc ciiii(luered. •. These people have;bpen joined • by a few mistaken people 'at,llo.me,'.sho have'done little or, iiotliing to prevent the Allies from bcirig defeated.'>.Vgiilii6t { such talk we iuust : be/on'our guard.' I' " ' do not, want 'to. be. .misunderstood,;;. .Is there a nian or wpiniin in this audience who;- uiide'r' proper 'conditions,' is' liot rrta'dy for pojioe We wouldjiot be men or women in the' face of all. that' : ' ; has gone on, and is; going on to-dav, if we were not ready for peace at any ' i • . time. ,But, we must be on'our guard. We must see that it is peace founded upon justice and honour, and not upon • infamy and dishonour, (Cheers,) There is just the danger that some of us may have war weariness enter upon us. 1 > • want to wani you against that. The end is not yet iu sight, and that is all the greater reason why we should not become discouraged.]