DOMINIONS AND THE WAR

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 100, 22 January 1940, Page 8

DOMINIONS AND THE WAR

American Professor’s View

POSSIBLE CHANGES IN EMPIRE STRUCTURE By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received January 21, 19.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, January 20. Professor Herbert Heaton, professor of history at Princetown University, speaking at Philadelphia, said a long war would be dangerous for the Dominions. Australia and New Zealand would be in a particularly precarious position in the event of defeat. They knew their independence was at stake and must be willing to strain every nerve to preserve it. The Dominions’ attitude at Versailles largely led to the transfer of the former German colonies. Their insistence on keeping tlie colonies prevented a peaceful settlement of the colonial problem. The Dominions’ manpower might be more important if there were heavy casualties. Meanwhile, Britain’s inability to supply the younger Dominions with ordinary manufactures would lead to an expansion of industry and injure British exports after tlie war. Dr. Frank R. Scott, professor of civil law at McGill University, Montreal, said the war might force Canada into tlie Pan-American Union. The future structure of the Empire might have to undergo changes. Canada’s co-operation in some degree with the Pan-American nations was likely.