MINISTERS AT HOME

Timaru Herald, Volume CVII, Issue 16611, 21 August 1918, Page 7

MINISTERS AT HOME

ADDRESS BY MR MASSEY. -4tt«tr»lian j»M N.Z. CnMe A«»n. Ueeeived 7.20 p.m., August 20th. LONDON, August 19. Mr Massey, iu a speech at the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce, raid that in nil the war's fluctuations the dominions had not lost confidence in final success. Our first duty after victory v.ould be to punish Germany for her atrocitic-i. The business of the Imperial Conference had been tremendously •mportant, and it was well worth crossing *h> world for it, because the dominions took their place in a partnership which 1 he believed would continue after the war: There could then "&e a, permanent Imperial Cabinet. The German hammer had welded the. Enrpiro an indissoluble mass. We must thinlc of the Enipiro as it would bo in the future. The time would come when -the dominious would possess twenty peopl© to the square mile. Then the Empire's strength would be enormous Now was the time to make such arrangements for iho future as would keep the Empire iu the front rank of nations for all time, businesslike statesmanlike management could do this. Mr Masssy concluded by issuing a warning against pacifists and the Germans' peaceful penetration.