WAR CONFERENCE

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 10001, 19 June 1918, Page 7

WAR CONFERENCE

ITS SEGOMB MEETING MESSAGE FROM THE KING. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Aub. and N.Z. Cable Assn. and Keuter. (Received Juno IS, 8.45 pan.) LONDON, June 17. The Press Bureau states: The second meeting of the imperial War Conference was held this morning. There was a full attendance, including representatives of Australia and India. Tho Conference includes for the first time representatives of all the Dominions and India, and is more completely representative of the Empire than any prcuous Conference. Mr Walter Long, who presided, read the King's reply to the Conference's loyal resolution, as follows: "The King thanks tho War Conference for its renewed assurance and devoted loyalty of all parts of tho Empire. I am glad to welcome the delegates all the oversea Dominions and India. The King has received the resolution with very special pleasure, lhe Conference has met in circumstances of unparalleled gravity, and it is a proof of the unity of the Empire in its determination to uphold the common rights and liberties of mankind. The King trusts the deliberations of the Conference will lead to even closer associations of all parts of the Empire in a resolve to defeat the common enemy and build up an Empire freer and even more united. MOVEMENTS OF OVERSEAS DELEGATES. Australian _ and N.Z. Cable Associatloa. (Received June 18, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Juno 17. Mr W. M. Hughes and Mr J. Cook attended ffie Imperial Conference, and Mr Walter Long welcomed them. Mr Hughes's health is improving, though he is unlikely for a few days to take part in functions outside the Imperial Conference and War Cabinet. It is understood that there is some chance of the Conference's proceedings receiving better publicity than was tho case last year. Probably a precis of subjects not affecting the war will be issued at regular intervals. The Lord Mayor of London will entertain the Dominion Ministers on July Ist. Mr Massey and Sir Joseph Ward, visited the New Zealand Hospital at Walton-on-Thames, and addressed the men. They were greatly 'interested in the work done among limbless patients Sir Joseph Ward pledged New Zealand to look after those temporarily or permanently, disabled.