Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 8, 12 April 1916, Page 5

Great Britain

THE HORRORS OF WiTTENBURC. [Dnitkd Pbesb Association. 1 London, April 10. In the House of Commons Lord Robert Cecil said he had arranged that Mr Justice Younger’s valuable report should be brought under the notice of neutrals, and he would be glad to take the utmost steps to acquaint the civilised word with this shocking revelation of German cowardice and brutality. (Cheers). I The Evening News says that the horrors of Witfenourg were only made possible by the combination of huckstering, treachery and intrigue called German trade. That vile machine must not continue in the Empire ? and those who traffic and deal with Germany will lay up a heritage of woe for their children’s children. I MR HUGHES TO CO TO PARIS, London } April 10. i In the House of Commons, Mr Asquith stated that Mr Bonar Law had forwarded a request that Mr Hughes should go to Paris as one of the representative# of the Imperial'Government, and he (Mr Asquith) hoped Mr Hughes would; he ahle to accept. Mr ,|?£jpowden asked whether Mr Hughesil&h'uld go as a representative of Australian democracy, because every Labor .paper in Australia repudiated his attitude.

Mr Asquith replied; He will,go as a representative of the Imperial Government. Mr Hughes, when interviewed, said that he had accepted the offer. GOOD FOR HUGHES! (Received 9 a.m.) London, April 11. A letter in the Daily Telegraph, signed by the Duchess of Somerset and St. Albans, and many society ladies, in supporting Mr Hughes’ visit to Paris, says that perhaps he is the only man in the front rani*- expressing the Nation’s sentiments upon,the sinister, treacherous, machiayelliahy, and economic conspiracy f whejrehy Germany sought to destroy communities under the British Flag'; 1 > > _ v■: i\i' ■ '‘ANZAC’’-. MEMORIAL SERVICE. t London, ‘April 10. Australians and New Zealanders will attend the memorial service at Westminster Abbey. Sir Thomas Macken-i zie will review the troops in the afternoon and present war medals. CRITICISM ON THE NEW TAXES. (Received 9 a.m.) London, April 11.

In the House of Commons, members severely criticised the railway ticket, match, and amusement taxes. Mr Me-, Kenna promised to consider these mat® ters, and arranged to receive a deputation of matchmakers. Mr Montague hints at the' (jdssibility that he will drop the railway tax. Tlie Finance Bill passed its second reading. .

REQUIREMENTS OF MEN. , CABINET INFORMATION. .j] ..(Received 9 a.m.) London, April 11. The Times’ Parliamentary correspondent says he understands that the Chief of General Staff and the military members of the Army Council ha\e furnished the Cabinet with a definite statement of their immediate requirements in men. BRIGHT’S DISEASE. defence of the realm act. A CASE IN SHEFFIELD. (Received 9.35 a.m.) London f April 11. A sensational Defence of the Realm case is reported from Sheffield. Albert Bright was charged with attempting to secure information concerning Vickers’ recent ingredients for armourplate shells, and guns. It is alleged that Bright offered Brooks, a workman, £IOO for the information. Brooks pretended to accept, but disclosed the offer to Vickef, who arranged a trap, and detectives arrested Bright with the written information in his possession. The case was heard in camera after the opening statement. FRENCH POLITICIANS VISIT ENGLAND. London, April 11. Thirty French Parliamentarians are paying ‘a ten day’s visit to England, as guests of the British Government. the KING’S WELCOME. London, April 10. King George, at Buckingham Palace, in welcoming the French delegates to the inter-Parhamentary Conference, said; “I rejoice that we are united to France by an intimate alliance and mutual confidence. I trust that this alliance is destined to be perpetual. Your visit will enable you to see the strenuousuess of our efforts

to provide the requirement*' of army and navy, and you ffiU..i«B|| the depth of my people’s sympathy fIH the sufferings which the fefdciotp vader has caused Prance, alsol warmth of our admiration fori splendid valor and constancy ol whole of the French pimple. has the undaunted spirit and | qucnchable hopefulness, of whiHß French history is full of glorious amplcs, shone with more brlliian^ltilHj tie. and the Allies are determined t prosecute the war Jin til the menace i H| aggression which has so long ed Europe’s sky, and tl prospects of peaceful progress « world over, is finally removed. |? B| SPEECH BY MR ASQUITh| I London, April EL. i H Mr Asquith presided at a given to the French ParliamentamnsiH There was a representative gathering® of politicians. I Mr Asquith, in proposing the health® of the guests, said that the relational between France and Britain had - for ■ many years been established) an 'uh“ I shakeahle foundation, and they jhad I now become relations of intimacy |and ■ affection. Herr von Bethmann-SoII-* weg declared that 4 on- ; December |he expressed his readiness to enter jnto peace negotiations, in which we were , to assume, the. attitude of a defeated foe to a victorious adversary; we were not defeated, and arc not going , to be defeated, •. and the A|lietf 1 were bound by a solemn pact that,« they would not seek or accept a separate. peace. The terms whereon: we would conclude peace are the accomplishment of the purposes for which we ‘ took up arms. |

THE RIGHTS OF NATIONS. The Allies intend to pave the way to • an international system of securing the rights of all civilised States, and intend to establish the principle that international problems mjust be handled, free of negotiation*!, on equal terms between free peoples, unhamper* ed and unswayed by ;±Jxe.royyfmastering. dictation of a. Gowerjuftenti con--trolled by ~a military, cas}**. -That is what is meant by the destruction of Prussian militarism, nothing more and. nothing.less., We are in the struggle as champions, not only for treaty rights, but ;fqr thq ifndppendepjt* status and free development of weaker countries. Cynicism; mn hardly,'*®* further than Herr von Bethmann-Hbllweg’s claim for Germany,, of all, Powers, to insist, when peace _ comes, on giving the various races a chance for free evolution along the lines, of national individualitv.'

FUTURE OF BELGIUM. Herr Hollweg says that Belgium is tonz r as ‘ sal, but is to become Germany’s neighbor, a new development, indeed, of the theofy of the rights and duties of Neighborhood. , Mi- AsgivSli continued: “My answef is very simple. The Allies desire, and arp determined, oW Belgium must not be allowed to suf fer from the wanton and wicked in* vasion of her freedom. What has been broken down must be repaired and restored:* The attempt of-" Germany to Prussianise Poland for the last twenty years has been both a strenuous, purpose and a colossal failure of the Prussian policy, and no one knows this better than Herr Hollweg. The wholesale strike against the'Polish children together with the liarharious floggings, arrest, and imprisonment of their mothers, form one of the blackest chapters even irr the annals of Prussian culture., With this record Herr Hollweg sheds tears over what he terms the long-suppressed Flemish race.” . .• -, : GERMAN SUBMARINE POLICY. Mr Asquith said he would not dwell on Herr Hollweg’s attempt to justify the submarine policy. “We carried out our naval policy in .the spirit of. international law, and f r not dwell on Germany’s flagrant violation of the law and dictates of humanity. We are fighting side hy-’sidfe With our allies in a great cause, wih clean bantrs and a clean conscience, confident that we have the will and power to vindicate the liberties of Europe.” M. Pichon, in replying, said that Britain and France had . entered the war together, and had fought together, and together they would ViA France admired the Englishmen’s nobility under arms.