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William Massey (Hardcover)
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William Massey (Hardcover)
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The Great War profoundly affected both New Zealand and its Prime
Minister William Massey (1856-1925). Farmer Bill oversaw the
dispatch of a hundred thousand New Zealanders, including his own
sons, to Middle Eastern and European battlefields. In 1919 he led
the New Zealand delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, where it
was represented both in its own right and as part of the British
Empire. This symbolised its staunch loyalty to Empire and the fact
that it had its own particular interests. Massey was largely
satisfied with the Versailles Treaty, as New Zealand gained a
mandate over Western Samoa, Germany forfeited its other Pacific
colonies, and control over Nauru's valuable phosphate deposits was
shared between Britain, Australia and New Zealand, rather than
simply being given to Australia. He believed that the apparent
confirmation of British power improved New Zealand's security, and
had little faith in the League of Nations. However, the opposition
Labour Party came to believe the League could prevent a major war
and made that a cornerstone of their foreign policy in government
after 1935. Their belief that Versailles was unfair to Germany
partly influenced them to favour negotiations with Hitler even
after the outbreak of war in 1939.
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