HATER OF WAR

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11047, 2 November 1921, Page 5

HATER OF WAR

THE AMERICAN SPIRIT AMBASSADOR’S TRIBUTE TO BRITISH PREMIER. LONGINGS FOR PEACE. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copy nglt Anstra'ian and N.Z. Cable A*«ocU*ie*. (Received November 1, 10.40 p.m.) LONDON, October 31. Speaking at the Pilgrims’ dinner in honour of the British delegates to the Washington Conference, Colonel Har. vey (U.S.A. Ambassador to London) described how -Mr _ Uoyd George accepted the invitation to n* e Conference, and * declared his determination to do his utmost to make it a great success. That pledge had been kept to that evening, when unfortunately Mr Uoyd George had become apprehensive that a more urgent duty might prevent him extending the helpfulness and prestige of his presence at the opening of Die Conference. Owing to the geography of the United States he did not fear war. The coasts might become targets, hut to pronounce America unconquerable was the merest truism. While impregnable, however, America hated war. It would be z test of the capacity of_ Governments to satisfy universal longings for peace, prosperity and happiness.

TO SEE JUSTICE DONE

WHY AMERICA ENTERED THE WARLORD BEATTY’S TRIBUTE. (Received November 1, 10-40 p-m.) WASHINGTON, October 31In TChtkshi City, Lord Beatty, in a speech, declared that other nations fought in self-defence with a certainty of dissolution if they failed- but the United States had little to mar whatever the outcome might he. Thus her entry into the great war was the result of a completely unselfish determination to see justice done and show that aha would not tolerate wanton, aggression, against free peoples- Those who made a victorious pesos passible would stand side by side. They would steadfastly repress all petty jealousies and move forward along the path of civilisation and prosperity. “We are compelled to combat in thin frailty of human nature explosiveness and human passions. The American legion and British legion are well equipped to press home the truth, that the spirit of comradeship must ha kept alrse.”