U.S. COMMENT ON VISIT
“ CONSOLIDATION OF EMPIRE ” (Rec 10 p.m.) NEW YORK, March 6. The “New York Times,” in a leading article on the Royal visit to New Zealand and Australia under the heading “Mission to the Antipodes, says: “Ever since the fragments of the old Empire began slipping away, the Home Government has been making a determined effort to consolidate what remains of the British Commonwealth of Na ‘‘Last' year’s Royal visit to South Africa was highly successfuL Hope is high that this success can be repeated j n Wellington and Canberra. The
King and Queen are winning ambassadors who walk in an aura of tradition which is not easily shattered. “The bond of common purpose between those old and new tends is not likely to be weakened. Human personalities, provided they are sharp enough and shining enough, are the needles that knit friendly nations together.’’
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25437, 8 March 1948, Page 7
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