The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-05-14
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Now the premier is going to . con.
ference where he Will undoubtedly be
asked when his government. Is going to
adopt conseriPtion. Enemies and
friends alike know it is going to be
difficult for him to answer: end MAIN
tain his promise to his constituents an 4
still be deeply loyal to tho, war needs
of Great Britain. so long a. his admins
tTation remains in power in Australia.
! CONSUMPTION, therefore, is "A bugbear
to the Australian premier, as was
ascertained yesterday when he wns
askedFif Austral liza would again have
q referendum upon the question:. =
L % Conscriptionl exclaimed the
premier, with glare at his questioner.
And that single utterance was rs far
as the interview continued along this
line.
Previous to this, every effort. to get
the premier to talk had proved nearly
as futile. Sir william Hughe' tried to
shunt his questionrrs onto his seere-
tary.
+ When Hughes secretary was ap.
preached he was very wiling 10 talk.
He told how the premier was respon-
sible for action heipg taken in. Aus
tralia which resulted in the elimina-
ton of resident enemy control Of in
dpstries, especially of base metals. The
secretary asserted the premier had
the united National Party back Of
him in Australia and told of the Aus.
tralian government plans TO venture
upon great shipbuilding activity for the
first time in, that country.
II was hoped, the secretary. said, that
during the London conferences some
means would be devised for the, ship
mont of the huge supply of wheat now
stacked in Australia.
Country TOO Rich"
A striking assertion of the seere.
tary was that the labor troubles of
australia were due, 10 the fact that the
cOunry is too rich". His explana-
iop that the lab0ring man had gotten
lis alth so much inflated he did not
are how often he went on sttike hard
y makes il probable that the opinion
one held by the Australian premier,
who is. retained in power by a coalition
Vt the old labor party with the liberal,
lists in the National Party.
Sir w. F. Massey, the New Zealand
PREMIER, is as different from the Aus
ralian premier as day is from night.
lie is so big, friendly, jOvial and OPP
mistic he could pass for a congressman
rom one Of the middle. states.
The New Zealand premier very frank
Iy asserted yesterday ,that the Allies
.antud Holland to n retain, her neu-
rality, II possible, but Of course want
ID her for. an ally IL she was evcntu-
lily forced into the war by German tao
lies.
He said that New Zealand is thor,
'ughly back of the British government
or carrying on, the. war "until Ger
many is well trouneed". While con
cription has reduced the man-power
If New Zealand greatly she,is still able
o supply her quota to the British army.
I" EXPRESSED his pleasure that the
CnitcG States had early, adopted "the
'nly sensible way tosget, a. big army. /"
Without qualification, =, he said he
bought Australia would be forced soon
VI or later to have CONSUMPTION and
hat she would not get conscription un-
il the Hughes government was sue
Teeded BY another .- ..,.
New Zealand SO, far, he says, is still
lble to supply Great Britain with as
much food stuffsf and raw material Tvs
'ver, and is succeeding in getting the
necessary manufactured goods and ma
hinery in return. -.r-