Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-11-10
AR|MST T|CE AND REVOLT HOLD WORLDS ATTENTION
AUSTRALIA FEELS
 SL|GHIED IN NOT BEINA ASKED VIEWS
Premier Hughes Makes Fiery Speech-British
 Colonies Have Voice

London, Thursday, Nov. 7.-Prem- ier Hughes of Australia, made bit ter protest against the peace terms tonight in addressing the Australian 1 Club.
 We were brought into this war being consulted" the Premier declared, and now the terms of peace have been drawn up and we have not been asked to express our views before hand''
 He particularaly objected that Aus tralia should be prevented from mak- ing her own laws whEh would enable her to discriminte between friends and foes in tariffs
 "l cannot say what the other dom- lnions will do, but nothing is further from the thoughts of the Australian 1 people than to extend the same treat ment to Germany in regard to tariffs and economic measure after the war, as to France, Belgium and American and nothingf but force majoure will compel us to do it," he continued. "This clause takes from us one of the most vital of our hovereign p6wers, and in the name of the people of Australia | emphatically protect against it."
 Premier Hughes protested also that there was no provision in the treaty for indemnities with which to relieve Australia from a crushing war debt nor provision for the retention of German Islands, "without which the territorial ingrity of Australia is forever menaced."
 The Australian Premier's speech was loudly cheered.
 London, Nov. 9 (-Via Montreal.)- The British pres bureau has issued the following:
 'The htatement by premier Hughes, of Australia, that the terms of peace have been definitely settled at the re- cent conference at. Versailles, without consultation With the ~dominions makes 1t necessary to put on record the actual position with regard to this question:
 "From the first, the British govern ment has recognized that the magni- ficent efforts and sacrifices made by the dominions and India in the com on cause have entitled them to an equal voice with the United King dom in the settlement of the terms of peace.
 "It was with this specific object in view that the first imperial war cabi- net was summoned last year. On that occaison every aspect of the genearl peace settlement was exhaustively dis cussed by the two committees general peace settleent was exhaustivly dis cussed by the two committees of the Imperial war cabinet on each of which the dominions and India were report ed as we'll as by the imperial war cabinet itself.
 "The Australian government for reasons of domestic character, was not reported at these discussions but the conclusions of the committee and of the Imperial War cabinet on these matters were communicated to the Australian government at the time and have since then been again rv- viewed at this years session of the Imperial War Cabinet in series of discussions in which the represen- tatives of Australia participated.
 "Nothng that has been done by the British representatives at the recent meeting of the supreme war council is inconsistent with the general con- clusions arrived at in these discus sions or has precluded or prejudidiced the effective attainment in the final peace terms of any specific objects to which the attention of the imperial war cabinet was drawn by the repres- entatives of the dominions and India,
 ''The British government has every intention of associating the govern ments, of the dominions and India with itself at every stage in the fu- ture discussions of terms of peace. E "From the moment that it became clear that such discussions were im- minent the prime ministers of the dominions and India were warned to hold themselves in readiness to come over or to send representatives with a view of remaining in constant and closest touch in their capacity as i members of the Imperial War Cabinet with developments of the situation and to their being reported at the in- ter-allied conference which is to be convened in the near future in order to consider in detail the practical ap- plication of general principal of peace settlements"