ROLE OF CEYLON
RELATIONS WITH COMMONWEALTH
ANGLICAN BISHOP’S VIEW Though it was difficult to tell what the future held for Ceylon, the consideration and support that had been given her by the United Kingdom and the sister Dominions in the British Commonwealth last year in securing her admission to the United Nations had been responsible for further cementing Commonwealth fellowship, said the Bishop of Kurunagala. the Rt. Rev. Lakdasa De Mel, discussing the future relationships of Ceylon with the British Commonwealth and the Western world in an interview in Christchurch yesterday. His diocese covers the central area of Ceylon.
When Ceylon attained her inde pendence she had elected to sta; within the British Commonweal!! and to maintain the lies which sh had had with Britain for one and half centuries, said Bishop De Me The removal of the country’s politics frustrations had liberated an im mense fund of goodwill towards Bri tain. The visit of the Queen hai been an occasion for great rejoicings Since independence, Bishop De Me
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Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27909, 5 March 1956, Page 12
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