LORD MAYOR'S SHOW.

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13754, 13 November 1916, Page 8

LORD MAYOR'S SHOW.

DOMINION SOLDIERS TAKE PART. SPEECHES 'BY BRITISH LEADERS, (Per Oahle—Prcsß Association—Copyright,) LONDON, November 9. The Lord Mayor's Show attracted vast concourses. Three thousand military and naval troops took part, including Dominion contingents. New' Zealand convalescents had a view of the procession from New Zealand House, nad afterwards were entertained at. tea at the offices. It is estimated that five thousand Ames saw the display. At the subsequent banquet, the Hon, Herbert Samuel, in proposing the toast of "The Allies," said Rumania is entitled to receive the full jind energetic support, of the Allies. The German attack seems to have been successfully staved, off, Although we have not yet won the war, we can claim that we are certain, to gain the ultimate victory, The proposal to establish an International Peace League is an ideal one, but such a league already exists, namely, the League of the Allies. M, Cambon, French Ambassador in London, replied. His Excellency said that the tenacity and endurance of the Allied troops and the calmness of the Allies' Governments had upset the calculations of the enemy, who counted upon divisions, M. Cambon added: "We do not know when the war will finish, but we know the enemy no longer dominates the situation. If we are tranquil and patient we may be certain that the new year will not falsify our hopes of victory." The Rt. Hon. A, J. Balfour, First Lord of the Admiralty, absolutely denied that the Navy had accepted a passive role,- and said that the enemy refused to allow'his-ships to meet the British Fleet. The Admiralty -was unable to promise that the Navy could always prevent the occasional raid, which had disgusted the country. The Admiralty could not say that such raids would not be repeated, but the Germans would always run great risks, and it was improbable that they would repeat their recent dash and get away without heavy, disaster. Viscount French said the climax of the war would be reached in the spring,

nut the climax would not necessarily mean that the end was iu sight, The Rt. Hon. 11. 11. Asquith, referring to the massacre of Armenians, said Germany was master of Turkey, and by the lifting of a finger could have prevented the organised campaign of outrage and massacre, but she looked on unmoved and acquiesced, The Prime Minister added that he would not attempt to review the naval and military situation. The British Fleet seemisd remote and not advertised, but it was vigilant and omnipresent. It maintained an ever-tightening grip upon the inlets of Ihe enemy's supplies. The Army was ever gaining ground and never yielding an inch. Mr Asquith paid a tribute to the efforts of the French, Russians, Rumanians, and Serbians. He said with regard to Greeco that ho wished he could speak with confidence. Whatever drastic measures were taken by the Allies were dictated solely by the necessity of preventing

Athens from continuing to bo a centre of German propaganda and intrigue. "I can say quite frankly," Mr Asquith continued, "that we are heartily in sympathy with the great Greek patriot, M. Venizelos, who has assured us that his efforts have no anti-dynastic purpose. This is a war for the emancipation of the smaller States, and it is impossible for Greece to stand aloof in such a conflict. When peace comos nothing will lie more essential for the Allies than to establish and maintain vlio best industrial and financial relations with neutral Powers. There is no question of a separate peace. Peace can only come on the condition that

the war with its waste, sacrifices, and untold sufferings, its glorious and undying examples ot courage and unselfishness shall not have been in vain. The struggle will tax all our resources, our whole stock of patience and resolve, 1 nit the peace which must lie achieved must be built on a sure and stable foundation, giving security to the weak, liberty to Europe, and a free future to the wn-ld."