PROBLEMS OF THE WAR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16214, 27 April 1916, Page 9

PROBLEMS OF THE WAR.

_——.-.» _ % PARLIAMENTARY CONGRESS. f. ;'.; . NEW ZEALAND REPRESENTATIVES. H lELEGKaPH.—J'KESS ASSOCIATION'.] '■■? ■'' IBT IELtGBAPH.—rBESS ASSOCIATION'.] ;~t-s-v Wellington - , Wednesday. The New Zealand member;! of the Empire Parliamentary Association met this afternoon. There was a good attendance, • iiicludiig Mr. Massey ami Sir Joseph Ward. The purpose was the selection of four members to visit the conference in London in response to the invitation from the Home Association. Five members of [the Upper House and 19 of the Lower Chamber signified willingness to go if accepted. This does not include any i Ministers. The invitation was accepted, but the selection of representatives was postponed. They will be chosen on the • morning of May 9, before the opening of Parliament. •STRICTLY BUSINESS CHARACTER. . ORGANISERS' PROPOSALS, isr iEiEcn.iM.— correspondent.J :..•-. v;. -,». Wellington, Wednesday. Tab objects of the coming visit of four • 'elfcted members of the Legislature to the Old | Country were explained to-day by -Mr.' A. S. Malcolm, honorary secretary ■or the New Zealand branch of the Parliamentary Empire Association. Mr. Malcolm said the idea could best be explained by a letter he bad received yesterday, from the secretary of the British branch of the association. The writer! stated, inter alia " The whole notion of I visit is that it should be of a strictly , business character, and the idea would bo to ; thoroughly inform visiting members upon somo of the war problems and war • organisation. In the latter connection we nope to arrange visits to munition factories, Portsmouth, Aldcrshot, and other !ailitary training centres, aircraft factories, etc. Possibly, also, portion of the dele- : gation might proceed to Franco to see • something cf the organisation there while, _if > the situation admits, another portion jfiight pay a visit to the Gram! Fleet. I nope if will be made clear that this visit Wit in no sense be a ' picnic;' and ordi- i nary banquets and similar junketing will ' « entirely out of place. While arrang- ' ■-™? opportunities for the exchange of ' news wo do not propose to have more ' wan one or two functions for tho delivery °f speeches. ;" Mr. Malcolm said he believed the" New Inland representatives could possibly <«» more by way of sightseeing than could even Ministers. Ministers had [ ?st of their time taken un in consultation . w 'th the authorities at Home and other ' ;«fl?agements, and thereto: o had not the ' leisure to see or learn what those repre- '■ ;seatatives would. The representatives ' ;would be able to do New Zealand great I • jemco, especially if they could, on re- I JjTCn. nlaco. themselves at tho disposal of ' public and give addresses in" various ' jentres on what they learned in tho Old Country. J