SECOND EDITION. IRELAND AND PEACE

Wanganui Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15656, 7 November 1918, Page 7

SECOND EDITION. IRELAND AND PEACE

DISCUSSION IN THE COMMONS. AN AMAZING PROPOSAL. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association Received November 7, 12.30 p.m. LONDON, November 5. In the House of Commons, Mr O’Connor moved that Britain should not'attend the peace conference until it had applied the principle of self-de-termination of small nations to Ireland. Mr Asquith urged that before Britain entered the conference she should give an assurance that Ireland would not be behind any of our self-govern-ing Dominions. Mr Shortt said the failure in Ireland was shared by the Irish as well as the English. He asked the Nationalists to tell the House what settlement they would accept. Mr Bonar Law said he had listened to Mr Asquith with - amusement. It was preposterous to claim that the British Empire should not take part in the peace conference until it had settled the Irish question. The conference had no right to deal with the matter. The motion was altered to read: —ln view of the approach of the peace conference the Irish question should be settled in accordance with President Wilson's principle of self-determina-tion, for which the Allies were ostensibly fighting. The motion was rejected by 196 to 115. * SHIP CONSTRUCTION GREAT RECORD BY THE ALLIES. Australian ana N.Z. Cable Association LONDON, November 6. The Admiralty announces that the United Kingdom’s Allied and neutral merchant ship construction in the third quarter of 1918 totalled 1,384,000 tons, of which the United Kingdom’s output . was 11,395, Tlie former figures exceeds • the losses from all causes by nearly half a million tons. The United Kingdom’s output for October was 136,000 tons, making 1,311,000 tons since January Ist, compared with 892,000 tons for the corresponding period of last year. U.S. CONGRESS ELECTIONS REPORTED DEFEAT OF WILSON’S PARTY. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association NEW YORK, November 6. Newspapers report a Republican victory at the Congressional electins. VERSAILLES COUNCIL CONFERENCE. COMPLAINTS THAT DOMINIONS WERE NOT REPRESENTED. LONDON, November 6. .The Morning Post complains that the Dominions were not represented at the 1 Versailles Conference.—A. and N.Z. t Services. K WHAT OF THE COLONIES? SIR RIDER HAGGARD’S WARNING. (The Timee.) LONDON, November 5. Sir Rider Haggard, in a letter, says: Mr Balfour’s statement on October 23rd leaves the disposal of the German colonies undetermined. A Government declaration which cannot subsequently be explained away is needed urgently. I learned during my tour of the Dominions that any weaknesses in policy would be bitterly resented; indeed it would shake the Empire. The security of Australasia would be impossible if the Germans were permitted to swarm the Pacific with secretly-constructed submarines and flocks of aircraft ready to attack at a moment’s notice. The Germans undoubtedly would create a gigantic native army if they were returned their colonies in Africa. After four years’ fighting there had been shown the formidaoleneas and posmbllitiee of such an army. It is vain to suppose that a League of Nations ufculd obviate the risks. The Germans will not undergo sudden repentance. ft i BULGARIA A REPUBLIC COPENHAGEN, November 6. Advices from Berlin state that King Boris has fled to Vienna. A Bulgarian Republic has been proclaimed.—A. and N.Z. Service^ ROUMANIA THE MINISTRY RESIGNS. i, LONDON, November 6. kit is reported that the Roumanian Ministry has resigned. It is expected S* National Government will be formed. A. and N.Z. Services. NX DIVISIONAL COMMANDER AWARDED HIGH HONORS. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON. November 7. A special message from the official war correspondent states that on the nomination of the Commander-in-Chief the Divisional Commander (Maor-Gen-, eral Russell) has been awarded the Legion d’Honneur and the Croix d’Offecier.