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THE VIEWS OF GENERAL SMUTS,
Lospos, May 15, General Shuts was the guest of the Members of the House of Lords Fund the Elouse of Commons at a
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PETROGRAD, May 16... General Simas said: Thu Spirit of
The three culined points on which
Govertunent, dennideship on the battlefields of the
the Exeqútiva- Europe is more powerful time any Committees of the Dun, and the instrument - the Government would Comunitter of the Workmen's and invent. Cur" Commonwealth would | Sckliers' Delegates are agreed 'ars: go to pistes it its world-wide cons First, The unity of the fronts with munications were not maintained. • | the Alliest second. Full confidence Cernuty, for the last thirty years. I that the revolutionary. „Democracy is had settled verywhere in the jeppatructed in the Cabinets and emininications and the day would, third. The plenitude of the powers have come when the Empire, would of the Government. have been jeopardised by the eniting of these communications. Now the! world outside of Europe laul ven
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Losnox, May 15.3.
An official despatch from. Meso- to a position that we coit Greider potautia states that although there the "future problem as a whole. i have been po important operations General Stunts, said he hoped, this month, we have taken 136 when the tipu bar settlement emne, prisoners. tit we will reteinber not merely Central Europy, but the whok" of the British Empire." He did not wish the Empire to have fought in j.
vain. We did not fight for material gain 'nor for territory, but for nur futureerity.
Bet the difficult question of, future constitutional relations atul readjust- ment within the Empire remained." "We re at an Empire in the Garhi use." he said, hat a
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systems of nations, almost sovereign BRITISH GAINS MAINTAINED, and almost independent.
We are ruthera Commonwealth than an Empire and its future government is an entirely new problem. The system of the United States would Further details of the fighting
this morning how that the enemy. not work and we do not want to standeliberately attempted, by
four dardise the nations of the Empire. | string concerted attacks, powerfully The only solution is supplied by our supported by artillery, to drive us traditions of freedom and self. but of Bullecourt and the section of the "Hindenburg line eastward of the government. There are two potent village The first attack tempor- factors on which we must rely. The arily gained a foothold in first is hereditary Kingship. You trenches on the right Hank position enonot make a republic of this of the Hindenburg Ime, but our country or of the British Common counterattack imminediately ejected wealth of urtions because you would wounded.
the enemy, who left 250 killed and
live to" elect a President, not
The artillery disperseri asimu. merely here but everywhere in the taneous attack or the luft Hank, and Empire: in India" and "In the repulsed the third attack on "the Dominions; and here you would be north-eastern comer of Bullecourt.
The fourth attack, which., was confronted with an absolutely in,
delivered from the south and south- soluble problem. Let us be thunk-east. drove back our posts, in the ful for the mercies we have in a western portion of the village, u Kingship which is really not very hundred yards, The enemy's lower. different from a hereditary republic, were heavy. Į should fot be surprised if the time Hostile artillery activity was heus came, when our Royal Princes; at Scarpevít instead of getting consorts from the Two enemy aeroplanes. Princelings, of Europe, will neck "hrought down and another was driven consorts in the outlying portions of down. Two of ours are missing. the Empire. (Laughter and cheers.)
After commenting on the present FRENCH ARTILLERY STILL avstein of Imperial conferences as
"ACTIVE" not being completely successful... Geneal nuts suggested the en -voking of the more important rulers of the Empire, once a year to lay down a common policy,
LONDON, May 15 A French communiqué says 'he artery struggia continued in differ- ent sector
Diploinutie finesse was not uniter.
It is confirmed that the enemy, stood in the Dominions, and if our sustained heavy losses in yester foreign policy was going to rest on day's attacks.
the whole Empire, it must be ab pler and more intelligible. Nobody
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Imperial Parliament which would be. always the senior partner. It might An Italian official report staten we said that hereditary Kingship and There was an intense artillery duel common council at the herd of between Tolmino and the sea. affairs was insufficient to keep the Our airis fed to considerable pr whole system together. Ha ingress on the slopes of Mostecinco agreed with thets (Cheers!) If we and, the hill eastward, of Gonza were true to our traditions we could and at Vertojbizz exerrine, far greater and more, bene We Bimultaneously adsence ficent un influence upon history and, the northern sector The Carso mankind than ever It would. We reached lines
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