IMPERIAL RELATIONS.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13109, 7 May 1908, Page 7

IMPERIAL RELATIONS.

SPEECHES AT THE COLONIAL

INSTITUTE DINNER.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.

LONDON, May 5

The Prince of Wales, in his speech at the Royal Colonial Institute dinner, said th*t they must foster the strongest feeiines of mutual confidence and respect, and preserve for future generations, by .methods of odaoation and unity of action, everything leading towards the greaitest ideals of civiHsaiion and noble heritage, which were founded on the highest ipatriotieun and eympatfhy.

The Eajrl of Crewe, in proposing the toast of "The Royal Colonda , Institute/ , created a favourable innprossion when, after remarking tha.t South Africa was facing a difficult 'position, including t»he coming fusion of her different unite, with the eanre determinaiion and grit which enabled other parts of the Empire to solve theirs, he declared that whatever Imperial Government might be in power, or whoever the Colonial Minister might be, there would be no undue meddling, bnt only a desire to see that those qualified to speak for the colonies were caTefully considering their problems before attempting to raise an advisory voice. •

Xh\ G. R. PaTkin, in responding, said that in his opinion the Motherland and colonies were growing in favour of seeing the Colonial Office, eqiially with the Foreign Offico, aßovo the arena of party politics, affording as it did opportund'tdes adequate to ithe highest abilities of statesmanship.