Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-30

By -. d. BOYCE.
A few days after my arrival in New
Zealand 1 received the following tele-
gram from Prime .dinister Massey:
Have had some difficulty in To-
eating you. VIII be glad to meet
you after your arrival Wellington.
wv. +. MASSEY"
The receipt Of this message was
great surprise to me and he never after
wards told me how he knew we we're in
the Dominion. He has been prime min
lister for the last nine years and the
leader of his party, the reform party,
since 1903 Mr. Massey was born in the
north Of Ireland sixty FIVE years ago.
His parents emigrated TO New Zealand
in 1862 and he Joined them eight years
later. having remained behind to take
the advantage of good schools. He has
been successful farmer and politician
all his life. he served as peace commits
sioner with President Wilson. New Yea
land is an agricultural country and his
success as : statesman is due TO thor
ough knowledge VI the necessities of all
parts Of the Dominion. He was prime
minister during the whole of the war
and is one OF the few big men who were
in power before the war and during the
war and who have been retained in power
since The war The. position of prime
minister I'm New leland is relatively
more important than that Of the Presi-
6aat O. the United StaCes, as his powers
are more extensive owIl,S to the system
Of government That he is quite diplo-
mat will be evident from the following
messag he gave me TO send 10 "odS
cousins in the United States"
Dominion of New Zealand.
Prime Minister'S Office.
Wellington.
II "2nd February, 1921.
Dear Mr.. Boyce;
- willingly comply with Jour request
TO end a few words of greeting. on be
half OF the government aud people Of
New Zealand. TO our kinsmen in the
! United States:
0In our OWL way New Zealsrders are
building up British nation in the South
| Pacific in much the same fashion as the
I Pilgrim Fathers Of New England laid the
/ foundations Of the grea. American ma q
/ ton Of today. We rejoice In the fact
/ that in the hour of the worlds greatest
tribulation. New Zealanders and AmeTi-
cans were found fighting side by side,
On French soil, in UNFOLDING those prin-
ciples Of truth. liberty ahd justice upon
/ which both the British Empire and the
United States have moulded their des-
I TIMES Could IT have been otherwise with
! peoples Of whom it has been so we'll
| written:
1--WE must be fr e or lie, who speak
the tongue
udN dhtnl fdIt spdhtt AHt AdtAA
and morals hold
Which Milton held
Under differing constitutions We
maintain our positions as the freest
countries of the world. and we New Tea
/ landers look hopefully toward to that
day when the English speaking peoples
will stand unitedly for the protection Of
the weak against those strong and ruth
less nations who might seek. without
such corrective influence, 20 hold them i'm
bondage The British ideal tas been wei
pictured by one Of our poets in the
words.
Free voice, free aid, free COUNSEL
free throre
BY freeman circIed, each respecting
each:
A realm self conferred, yet with arm
TO reach
Where earth's OTpress al ones groan.'
That ideal We hold largely in common,
and knowing we have so much reason to
respect end syTnpa hize with cne another.
/ say Heaven grant that the Union
Jack and the STAR and Stripes may ever
wave together as the champions Of the
worlds liberties
The people of New Zealand have
nOught but the most cordial feelings to-
wards the citizens Of the treat American
] commonwealth to whom they send.
/ through LIE, this expression Of good viii
Yours sincerely,
tSigned) w r MASSEY "