"SECESSION."

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 229, 27 September 1930, Page 9

"SECESSION."

UNKNOWN IN N.Z. Mr. Forces' Tributes to British I»abour Leaders. ROUND OF VISITS. (United P. A.-Electric Telegraph-Copyright) (JU;celved 12 noon.) LONDON, September 26. . Mr. G. W.v Forbes told the British Press representatives that he had chatted for ,ten minutes with Mr. Mac Donald ill the forenoon. He had heard Mr. MiaicDonald in New Zealand in 1906 and formed the opinion that he was owe of the most eloquent protagonists o£ Empire unity. He paid a tribute to Mr. Philip Snowden, Chancellor bf the Exchequer, who was the only member of the Government whom he iftad met personally in New Zealand. Now Zealand Has interested in the constitutional problems involved in the 1926 conference decisions, but was not prepared to formulate anything inconsistent with the most fervent devotion to Imperial unity. ! He proposed to *co-operate with Dr. Marsden in the development of scientific research, which had! already had most profitable results in; New Zealand. The Prime Minister paid an enthusiastic tribute to. Lord Bledisloe as a most understanding Governor on farming problems. ■ Questioned with regard to secession, Mr. Forbes emphatically declared that the word was absolutely unknown in New Zealand, whioli was indissolubly attached to th® Empira Mr. Forbes visited Mr. J. H. Thomas, Dominion Secretary, and in the afternoon held an intimate discussion with Sir Thomas Wilford on New Zealand affairs.