IMPERIAL BONDS.
AMERICA AND AUSTRAI__L_
rßeceived Juno 12th, 11.30 p.m.) ;, LONDON, Juno 12. Lord Emmott, in proposing the toast 0 f ''British and Au_ralasian Trade,'' ' said in regard to Australasia, that.no ' part of the Empire was more loyal or readier to make-sacrifices in defence of -common interests. He had • constantly - found it necessary to assure the people '..;: 0 f Auotralasia that. Great Britain was ■- : '< not going backward. Though trad© was a val table Imperial b/rad, it was rather : a sympto-n than a cause, hut was a aid to sentiment, rr Viscount Bryce said he waa well able """"i to exponnd Australasia's friendliness to -". the United States. He was certain that I." if farther visits were paid by the _merican fleet, tho;previous cordiality;would .bo repeated. Commerce and the imZ- portant bonds of friendship were -rapidly .'increasing. The Panama Canal would result in a fast growth of trade ' and-vpersoaal intercourse. Both" countries , •had the same ideals of .vf/eedotn, industrial progress,-and peace. "■• With two such countries bordering the .■.-Pacific, that ocean should be truly 'jipacific. -.'•■'
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14993, 13 June 1914, Page 13
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