BRITISH M.P.'S

Evening Star, Issue 15343, 18 November 1913, Page 6

BRITISH M.P.'S

THE PARAMOUNT NEED. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copy right. LONDON, November 17. (Received November ]B, at 10.15 a.m.) Mr H. Greenwood, M.P., a member of tho parliamentary touring party to the Dominions, in the course of ait interview paid that, whatever partisans in England .'ay _,ihe Imperial Parliament, in the estimation of their oversea kinsmen, still stands for all that i.s liiirhest and best in Imperial life. The outstanding lesson of the tour was the desire of the Dominions to share their future in peace a.nd war with the Motlier Land. He found throughout Australia, and Ne M - Zealand a general oiunion that the Imperial Government did not appreciate the Far Eastern .menace, and i.iat iivque.nt intimate conferences on naval and foreign affairs are essential. The paramount idea in tho Antipodes is that the Admiralty Hoard omiht to take the colonial Governments and the Leaders of the Opposition into their confidence, and settle on a common line of action The- 'Daily Mail' (V.) savs that Mr Greenwoods account strengthens the mentH in favor of an annual tour. There never was a time when ;,. verfeef. underftnmding lietween the Mother Laud" and her daughter States was more necessavv or when the problem of Defence wa.s so largely engaging attention.