Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-09
AUST AL A 8 CASE
IS GIVEN JOURNAL
BY HER PREMIER
Her Integrity and Safety
Hughes Says, depend On
Settlement of Control of All
Former German CoIonies.n
BY James Nj. Tuohy.,
Copyright, 1919, by the Press Publish
ing Co


tThe New York WORLDLY
especial Gable Dispatch to the New
York World and Albuquerque
JournalD
Paris, Feb. S.-The peace confer
ence has devoted the greater part of a
week to celebrating on the question
OF the future status Of the British do
minions in relation to their captured
FORMER German colonies in the Pacif-
lc, the points involved attracting
Worldwide interest, not only because
OF their capital Importance in the gem
eral peace settlement, but because the
principle involved will decide the flu
tdra Of the former German colonies
outside Europe.
Premier Hughes Statement.
The Right Hon. w. M. Hughes,
premier of the Australian common
W alth, gave to me today for the
World statement of the Australian
case, which he believes will appeal to
the American democracy.
Australia" said Mr.. Hughes, ire
CARDS this question as absolutely vi
tai to her present position and her
future prosperity. Her destiny lies in
the Pacific Her territorial integrity
and her national safety not less than
her most cherished ideals, are abso-
lutely dependent upon an equitable
settlement of, tho control of the is
lands in the southern Pacific former
ly occupied by Germany, except of
course Samoa, which was occupied by
New Zealand troops
1t is difficult for the people of ma
tons who are not familiar with the
circumstances of Australia herself,
her geographical situation, her polti-
cal industrial ana social conditions,
her racial as well as her national
ideals, to appreciate the extent to
which public feeling in Australia is
concerned about a satisfactory solu-
uon of this question. What good
Rhine frontier is to France a Pacific
islands frontier is to Australia what
the Monroe doctrine is to America, a
settlement of the Pacific question on
lines compatible with our national
safety and our national policy is to US.
What Australia Feels.
TN the attitude I have taken up in
speaking emphatically upon this ques-
ton I have only interpreted what
Australia feels. 1t is pre- eminently
one that she feels ought to be re-
solved without delay. Australia went!
to war to fight for the lib
erty of small nations and to secure
her national safety. The blood of
Australian soldiers has flowed out in
great rivers in order that their coun-I
try and its liberty might be secure
And now we Australians expect that
the dearly won victory will give usI
those things for which we fought"
But I asked, "hasn't a satisfac-
tory arrangement been made? Have
not Australian needs and securities
been provided for?' |
"Of that ! can say nothing" an
swered Mr. Huges. Except that 1t |
leaves in doubt that which ought to
be clear Where we ought to feel GER
tain and safe, we feel we are in |
doubt, and may be in great danger
IT is not that the provisional settle
ment may not give us all the essen
tial security; it is that it does not do
so yet. That isn't to say that it won't
do so. I admit it may be so. on the
it may not
Disturbing Uncertainty.
1T is this verv uncertainty that so
dlsturbs my fellow countrymen. that
| am receiving sheaves of cablest
warmly supporting my attitude and
urging me to press for settlement
The Australian government is
strongly supporting the claims have
put forward. Australian soldiers and
'aliors~those in Australia as well as
nose who remain in France and
treat Britain-have Endorsed my re-
'nest for settlement on the lines
I'm advocating. From England, too. ]
I'm daily receiving warm tributes Of