CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS.

Evening Star, Issue 14634, 2 August 1911, Page 4

CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS.

HH JOSEPH WARD OX THE NEEDS OF THE EMPIRE. [From Ope Special Cobhespoxdejct.] LONDON, June 2.1. Sir Joseph and Lady Ward. Miss Ward, and Mr J. Hislop attended nt. the Crystal Palate on Saturday a meeting of British and colonial technical students of the_ International- Correspondence School. 'the ! New Zealand students sent the following '■ cable, which was road to tho m-s.embiago : ! Please convey greetings to follow ptu- j dents at Pa law to-day. Heartiest j wishes for successful gati'ici-i'ig.'' J . Tho Prime Minister of New Zealand, ad- j dressing the students', began with a refer- : ence to"a New Zealander, Mr J. ft. Smith, who had done an immerse amount, of work for the I.CS. in Now Ze.-daud and in Kii'diind. He congratulated the. orgaui>atiou on the fact that they had 160.000 student*-; in all part* of the world, including 100.000 in Canada, 4.200 in Oreat . Britain, 6,000 in India. h\k\ tho Crown colonies, 7,000 in New Zealand, and 5.0C0 in Australia. Th.e Pcrstmaster-G-enerai of the Commonwealth of Australia had given instructions by circular to the thousand* of officials in his department urging them to join this organisation, and when lie (the. speaker) returned he would give .similar instructions, (Cheers.) He was firmly convinced that by means of these school.-) valuable information was disseminated in a way calculated to do the greatest amount of good. Sir Joseph added that he hoped that those rcspouscible for the creation of j that magnificent organisation -would make ] a point of impressing on all t host?'to whom j they corresponded the all-important consideration, in view of tho developments taking place in other countries, of having a world-wide navy for the genera! protection of all parts ot the British Empire. (Cheers.) The. Imperial Conferences were, doing an immense amount of good, and while it was not possible, where there were so many different minds and so many dissimilar' objects, to expect men to agree upon everything, still they might depend upon it that their efforts would be to remove any barier towards bringing about more'cohesion and co-oper-tXion and great-:'!' unity among the scattered portions of the British Empire. (Cheer*.) The representatives attending the Imperial Conference, were proud to be within the territory of Old England They recognised ■that'll, was from the older land they had sprung, and .these who were responsible, for the .government of the newer lands would l>e able to profit by the excusable

mistakes made, bv their forefathers whs* building up the Empire in past centuries. (Cheers.) "ACT. IMPERIALLY. "■ , Sir Joseph Word t-poko at the. Constitutional Club'.-, luncheon to the Oversea Premiers on Saturday. Ho e.aid Great Britain did not require, the assistance oi the Oversea Dominion&'iu the tiniooi" peace, but in times" of danger they must, all stand together. (Cheens.) But unless there was system bv which the Dominions could have a* more 'direct voice in the. direction of Imperial concerns there was a great, danger in mo vcais ui wine .They ought, as the outoonre of the interchange of view,-, taking p'ac-e ius-t now, to be able to do some good in these matters. There ought- to he no such thing as "party" m these mattciP. The interests were, too big; t!ie rs.ponsibilitie.i were too great. (Cheers.) The ncople must- lir educated imperially and be got to act, imperially. (Chcere.)