EMPIRE FEDERATION.
DIFFICULTIES OF THE PROJECT THE EVOLUTION OF STATES. LONDON". September 6. In .1 pa.per on Federal Government. read before the meeting of the British Association at Dundee, Mr. Herbert, Samuel <Postmaster-General) said that' the conclusion was often drawn that the national evolution of States was towards centralisation. i This, he said, was ■wrong and harmfulIt was really through decentralisation that unity of the British Empire was preserved. Federalism must play a. leading part in dealing with Empire problems, but the creation of a federal executive was surrounded with the most formidable difficulties. Mr. Samuel questioned whether statesmen drawn from the Overseas Dominions as members of an- Empire, executive could
conduct the current of business at the centre of th*> Empire and keep in. such close touch witli their countries as to remain authoritative exponents of their views. The Duke of Devonshire's prize for the best essay on "Unification as Distinguished from Federation" has been awarded 'by the Empire League to Sedgwick, Westminster School.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 215, 7 September 1912, Page 5
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