OVERSEAS CLUB.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11927, 9 February 1917, Page 7

OVERSEAS CLUB.

', r FOURTH SYMPOSIUM. i J The fourth Umpire symposium or the j , Christehnreli In-aiieh of the Overseas i 1 C'inb uas, lie lei last, evenine; at- the Alex- I • andra Hall. Mr H. Ilidiand presided. ; » and t.liere wa s a largo attendance. i c Mr K. Xordon ,spok«- on " America and j , tiie V.'ar.'' and said that- the United); States had done nothing io repay J Britain for the many favours shown by j Britain to America. Without, Britain, j tho Monroe Doctrine could not have : < been pr.-served. They did not want ! : America io enter tho war, but. she j ( should have pretest ed against the Ger- j ( man inhumanity. The speaker strongly criticised President Wil:-on's Notes, j particularly his recent peace Notes. In j conclusion. Mr Xordon said that it was , a scandal that large sums were (caving [ , New Zealand in payment- tor American j ; motor-cars. All patriotic citizens ! t should have foregone such luxuries, ami j ■ \\ tliey did not do if voluntarily, the j ; (iovernmenf .shmild put an embargo on j ; imports of American luxuries;. (Hear, j , hoar.') If motor-cars wore wanted mi j , them ho British ears, or those made by j i one otl the Allied nations. j ; Tlte Rev K. Ivliot Chambers gave an ! ' address on " T.'io N< v tv Admiralty and j f!s dob " Ho referred to the serious- | ness of tho German submarine menace, j and declared thai there was. no need to j ; ho <lownheai'ted. The British Navy v,as \ I doinu; its job. (Hear, hear.) j ' Mr V.. 1> lloben d(divered an :i<!dres.s ' nn recent developments of the situation [ on the various fronts in war centres. : During the evening a musical and elo- < eutionai'v i>rogramme wa-, gi\-en, tiie contributors including Mrs "W. V. M'Arthur. M<,ssr.s Hex- Harrison. (U H. Holford and H. Glubh, and t.lio Christ- ' church Bajijn Band. Mrs Hoyle and Aliss 'Holford wore the accompanists. , The chairman urged citizens to support- the appeal to'be made on the following day on behalf of tho Canterbury j : Gift Aeroplane Fund. lie said that i l Ashburton and Tim am were co-opera.t- ! big, and it shoukl ho possible to secure j .. tho .-C'loOO required. I ■