BONDS OF EMPIRE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 73, 26 March 1923, Page 5

BONDS OF EMPIRE.

KEENER INTEREST WANTED IN DOMINION ASPIRATIONS. (Received 10.30 a.m.l LONDON, March 25. Lord Strathspey, who was born in Kew Zealand, writes to the "Sunday Express": "If things continue as they are now going, sixty years hence there may be no British Empire.'' Referring to the processes making for Imperial disintegration, he says the remedy is sympathetic interest and a kindlier spirit from the Motherland towards the problems and aspirations of the Dominions. They should be repreaented in the British Houses of Parliament. He strongly advocates that every High Commissioner ana Agent-General be given a seat in the House of Lords while representing his Dominion here, and they should have an honorary title. The representation of overseas lands in the House of Commons should be entered on the same lines as the Rhodes scholars in the universities. This would mean that the Empire would be thoroughly represented by experts when the Dominions' affairs were under consideration. Lord Strathspey would like to see the English Cabinet invite overseas the High Commissioners to be present on all occasions when dealing with foreign policy; In that way they would put a stop to all such events as occurred over the Turkish crisis.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.)