EX-SERVICE MEN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15459, 2 March 1921, Page 6

EX-SERVICE MEN.

THE CONFERENCE AT CAPETOWN. (Received March 2, 1.15 p.m.) CAPETOWN, Feb. 28. At the Empire Ex-Service Men’s Conference, a motion was moved that until the League of Nations has proved a practical organisation for the maintenance of peace, it is essential the defence of the Empire be maintained in such a way as to guarantee the integrity of territories against any probable enemies, and that the conference view with deep concern the fact that the lessons with regard to provision for war brought home in 1914 and succeeding years at incalculable loss of life- and sacrifice are being lost sight of. The discussion was adjourned. The Conference adopted a resolution moved by Mr Leadlcy (New Zealand) that while it welcomed immigration of ex-servico men it was opposed to unrestricted immigration. Mr Leadlcy said what was wanted was men who were not afraid of work and ‘were prepared to go to the backblocks, not to congregate in large cities. Replying to Mr Leadlcy’s suggestion that Britain’s treatment of returned soldiers would detrimentally affect the response to tho pext call to arms, Mr Dye It (Australia) declared that Australia certainly would be there and would risk extinction rather than leave the Empire in the lurch. He believed the response to the Empire’s next hour of need would exceed that of tho past war. —A. and N.Z.C.A.