MR. ARTHUR HENDERSON.
EXPLANATION AND RECANTATION
WIIAT LABOUR'S WAR AIMS
REALLY ARE.
(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association),
, London, Sept. 1... Mr Henderson, addressing th© Labour Conference., at Birmingham, admitted . going .too far 'in his speech at Northampton , in-Ju.ly, when he declared, that the German Socialist majority was PreMred to discuss peace on the basis of Labour's principles. He was bitterly disappointed. , He added that Labour's international policy was not a compromise with the German militarists, but was inspired by a desire to win tho war for freedom and democracy. They believed the German Government could be compelled to yield to the combined pressure of the Xllied armies, and that the deceived German nation v.ould be disillusioned. Labour desired a, victory for its idoaU. not the smashing of Germany and a 'pp.ice dictated at tho sword's poiri*. ,
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Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14857, 3 September 1918, Page 5
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136MR. ARTHUR HENDERSON. Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14857, 3 September 1918, Page 5
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