GERMANY IN THE PACIFIC.
SPEECH BY SIR THOMAS
MACKENZIE
(By Cubic.—Pree3 Association.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received May 23rd, 7.15 p.m.)
LONDON, May 22
Sir Thomas Mackenzie, addressing the Edinburgh and Leith Chambers of Commerce, and tho Edinburgh Merchants' Company, on the Pacific as afl important sphere of British influence, deplored the past statesmanship which had lost us Samoa and New Guinea. He indicated tho necessity for obtaining and acting on overseas opinion on such matters. New Zealand had arranged that after the war there would be an embargo on German goods. Suggestions from the oversea Dominions at the Imperial Conference before the war for effective unity had met with little response at the hands of the Imperial Government. The war had shown the urgency of giving the oversea Dominions some voice and share in Empire responsibility. The Dominions were shareholders in tlie Empire and should have representation on the Board of Directors.
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16220, 24 May 1918, Page 7
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