MR. MASSEY. ON THE CONFERENCE

Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 36, 11 August 1921, Page 7

MR. MASSEY. ON THE CONFERENCE

HOPES FOR TANGIBLE RESULTS

(VNITIB MUM ASSOCIATION.—COFTUait.)

<'AB»«AUAN - NBW ZBAUKD CAILE ABSOOIATIOB.J LONDON, 10th August.

Mr. Massey, reviewing the Imperial Conference, said several misunderstandings had been removed. The representatives had learned much from each other and of the different viewpoints of the several countries within the Empire. At the commencement there seemed to be an idea, amongst a small section of the public in the Dominions that the United Kingdom representatives intended to interfere in some unexplained way with the autonomy of the younger nations. There was' not a scintilla of truth in this. The Anglo-Japanese Treaty was thrashed out. He thought he was justified in saying that the weight of opanion was that the peace of the world would most likely be secured by a. continuance of the present arrangement, unless a tripartite arrangement could be agreed upon, by Britain, America, and Japan. He had no hesitation in saying that something in that way would be the best thing that could possibly happen. He trusted that what the , Conference did regarding the most important question of Empire communications would be followed by tangible results Airships i should be exploited,, cables cheapened, and wireless developed. There was also a need fox faster shipping services, with lower freights. , LONDON, 10th August. Mr. Massey says much of th« wo*rk was naturally confidential, and cannot be disclosed. The representatives -,saw more clearly the tremendous possibilities of the Empire as a whole. They realised the corresponding resporaeibLlity of those entrusted i with the management and control;'of its different parts, so they may be able to work together as one" great Power for the good of citizens and all the peoples of the world. He believed the Conference would tend to ■ hasten the restoration of normal conditions to British countries.