New Zealand

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 34, 26 September 1914, Page 6

New Zealand

BRITISH LABOR MEMBER’S

OPINION. DEMOCRATISING GERMANY. i '* _ WAR PROBABLY BLESSING IN DISGUISE. IPi* Pbbm Amooiation.l Auckland, September 2(5. Mr Philip Snowden, M.P. for Blackburn, one of the most prominent loaders of the British Labour Party, is now a visitor to Auckland. In an interview he said that so far as he knew the . views of his colleagues the Labor Party he thought the attitude of members would now be one of fighting the thing through. He thought that everybody was agreed upon tlml now. Later, the Labor Party an I thv Peade Party would insist on om- settlement which would not repeat the past follies, blunders and cri'n. s of European diplomacy and intern; i nai policy, having for its object the ir.tintainalice of hiigb armies and r b s. The conclusion of the war would provide wonderful opportunities for . ry-

ing to put Europe in a largo measure on a peace instead of a war footing. If so, the war would probably be something of a blessing in disguise. Mr Snowden spoke strongly against the policy of ententes and alliances, which had made Britain’s participation in the present war unavoidable. It involved a big question of policy which would have to be settled after the war was over. The bureaucracy of Germany must be overthrown. One thing that England and the democracy of Europe must insist upon is the democratisation of the German system of government. ;If we got that; we would have, he bean assurance of the probability iof European peace in the future.