EMPIRE SENTIMENT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 190, 6 May 1908, Page 7

EMPIRE SENTIMENT.

. • : COLONIAL INSTITUTE. SPEECH BY THE PRINCE OF WALES. IMPERIAL . ADVANCES. 1 BT TELEGRArn—rRESS ASSOCIATION—COrYItIGirr. (Rec. May 6, 0.22 a.m.) , e London, May 5. ' At a dinner given by tho Royal Colonial ■j Institute at tho Hotel Cecil, His Royal Highness the Prince • of Wales presided. Tho 350 guests included the Duke of Argyll, j the Duko of Marlborough, Lords Loreburn, ' Dudley, Jorsoy, Tennyson, Alverstoiic, Rothschild, Lamington, arid .Stratlicona; Viscount ' Morloy, Secretary for India ; Mr. Runciman, r President of the Board of Education; Mr. ® Sydney Buxton, Postmaster-General; the i, Most Rev. Dr. Archbishop t of Sydney; Sir Montague Nelson, the Agents-. e General, and many loading colonials. ! T. Price, Premior of South Australia, • in proposing " Tho Royal Family,", stated *. that he hoped to divert the tide of immi--1 gration that was sotting towards Canada to j Australia, which was preparing for the pre- ® sence of white, men by schemes for great ' trans-continental railways, by the locking of " the: River Murray—the Nile of Australia— i and by opening up lands for settlement. - Australia 'was also preparing to take her r . part in defending the Empire, by promoting j a vigorous cadet.movement, and by training 1 large bodies of men who would be ready, to [ fight for , the flag. THE COVERNOR-DENERALSHIP. ■ His Royal Highneks the Prince of Wales ■ responded. He welcomed the new Govenior- [ General of- Australia, Lord Dudley, who would carry with him the heartiest good wishes on ' his high and responsible mission, though i Lord Northcote's departure from Australia 1 was to be most deeply'.regretted. t Ho . feelingly referred to the death of Lord Linlith--1 gow, tho first Governor-General of Austra- ' lia-. " ! His. Royal Highness stated that his own many visits to tho colonies and dependencies had created a deep and continuing interest in the progress and welfare of all the oversea/dominions, which thoir loyal and affectionate welcome and generous, hospitality, universally extended to himself, his brother, and, his wife, had intensified. - He, had never forgotten tho many kind frionds he made during those memorable experiences. Those visits had enabled , him to form an idea of our empire, and to realise its vastness, resources, and latent strength. England now' meant England spread over the' whole surface of the' world. • (Cheers.) DEFENCE AND 'OTHER COMMON AIMS. The, Prince, in proposing ".The Dominions Beyond the Seas," dwelt uppn the truo spirit of Empire and the ties' of kinship existing between all-parts of the Empire ; upon the astounding progress made in improving the means of communication within the Empire 6ince Queen Victoria ascended the throiio; and upon the greater co-operation for mutual interests. With common aims, all must be ready to make mutual efforts and selfsacrifice.-' -' ' "'v . Ho hoped that progress might be made in •thoroughly' grappling with the Imperial defence question, and in strengthening the military organisation in peace time. He also urged the importance of'reciprocity in : -matters of' 'of' strtiiigthening, the' social gelations 'with' the" cblonies,. and of. making it clear to colonists that .tlioy were always cert-airi to find here a homo, not in name only, but in reality.