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Show AUSTRALIA ALSO iN WAR FDR DEMOCRACY j Premier Holman of New i South Wales Tells Why His Country Is Fighting. S.YK FRANClSi.'O. Oct. S. Australia's war aims were outlined by W. A. Holmftn, premier of New South Wales. Australia, in an address at a larg-e public meeting here tonipht. All. Holman Is visit ins here at the suggestion of the national council or defense. He has recently completed com-pleted a tour of the entente countries and was to sail for home soon. ".So far as the present war Is concerned." con-cerned." r. Holman said, "we have no interest in ii at all, looked at from the material point of view. The war is a deed loss to A ustralia. It is cost in t; us thousands thou-sands of lives and millions of pounds. "Australians are in no sense hound by the warlike conseuences ol British foreign for-eign policy. In which they have no voice. We u-re- a self-governing community, just as America Is. "We have come to an independent conclusion con-clusion a bout this war. We have opinions opin-ions uf on own. What ihese opinions are is sufficiently manifest in our actions and in the stubborn persisiency with which, we have sent forwa id con t indent after contingent, until a to Lai of S-O.Oi'O men has been a rr ived at. This would be the equivalent on the basis of your population of an army of T.Oitf't.ouO in America, all raised by voluntary effort. "Our reasons for coming to this conclusion con-clusion is because we are democrats. It Is because we are concerned about the future of the common people who live in our community; bc-tmse we care noth-iu:r noth-iu:r lor dynasties and thrones, but heiusp wu care evryt hinH for the future "f mankind and the possibilities of ;m abiding- paxe which sijfill bi-in? with it the biessiiips of an advari'-lncr civiMz-.i ;ion. "The democrats of li e world are in the position of men suddenly afflicted by sorne overwhelming- cala mit y. Ood knows there is no people in the world to whom war and all that war Invoices :-.rc more, hateful nan to the Australians! Aus-tralians! Kut we realize thai pf-ae can never be restored until I h do mi na Ti im military ayurfssion which has ovt-ri 1 1 ; ow 1 1 all fiianre of r.eace has ultima f'-iv bf-en blotted out nun obliterated from the position po-sition which it holds in the councils oT Europe today. "I" believe that thai is tire spirit of Cie new an.i powerful ally winch has eome to our assistance the t'nl'cd State", wnbli now t;jk-.n a role won hv or Its pi in the h is: ory of the w or id a r.d Is bclp-Ini; bclp-Ini; us to remove f roui t h e world t ; ,p trrcat meriH'-f. v. kich is Involved in Ooi -:van iniiitarisiiT." |