EMPIRE RELATIONS

Evening Star, Issue 19410, 19 November 1926, Page 4

EMPIRE RELATIONS

the imperial conference DRAWING TO AS END ALL MIS UN DEKS'I ANDINGS DISPERSED. Press Association —By Telegraph (. opytig!" LONDON, November 17. .Official circles to-mght .expressed the belie! that the imperial Conference would definitely end on Tuesday, It is highly probable that General Hertzog, will be on boardship going home on Wednesday. A leading dominion representative tonight, replying to a question, said: “General Hertzog will undoubtedly go home a happy man, with a freer and clearer vision oi Empire.” It is suggested that a revelation oi the manner in which the Prime Ministers handled . the problems of mtorImperia' relations and treaty formalities will perhaps be indicated after the plenary meeting on Saturday An idea of the lines of procedure is contained in the semi-official hint to-night “There is nothing constitutional, ue have merely been taking the things which have happened in the past, linking the ends together, ironing the little blemishes and clipping the frayed edges.” This has bee" the keynote or the recent speeches by Mr Amery and Sir Austen Chamberlain. It is not disclosing a secret to say that Mr Bruce and Mr Coates are most pleased with the way things have shaped. . . . , , A fear that is exercising the mind., of the members of the conlerence is that the inescapable; necessity of issuing a mass of conclusions on Monday or Tuesday next will cause'n blurred impression of what has been achieved, but everybody is most confident thflt as the facts are seized by the politicians and the thinking public there will anse the deepest satisfaction that Imperial relations will emerge stronger, and that the misunderstandings which have caused rumblings since the 1923 conference have been entirely removed. ENTERTAINED RT’ ROYALTY. LONDON, November 18. At the Prince of Wales’s dinner last night the guests included the Duke and Duchess of York, Mr and Mrs Baldwin, Mr and Mrs Amery, Mr and Mrs Bruce, Mr and Mrs Coates, Sir brands and Lady Bell. , „ , ■ Later the Duke and Duchess of York gave an evening party at St. James’s Palace. There was a brilliant assembly, 800 guests being present WORK OF THE COMMITTEES. LONDON, November 17. There was no plenary session of the conference to-day. The committees dealt with the question of nationality, and British policy ir. the Antarctic. The Economic Sub-committee has completed its report on films, and has practically exhausted its agenda. All the committee work is expected to be finished by the week-end. Following on the visit to Cardington, the Air Communications Committee is ready to draft its report DOMINION CO-OPERATION. LONDON, November 17. Mr Amery, addressing the Women’s Conservative Society, said he believed that the Imperial Conference, more fully than any of its predecessors, had arrived at a frank and clear understanding of mutual equality, and of ,tha fact that their future co-operation assumed that the principle of no question cf domination on one side or ox subordination on the other entered into the discussion. He personally regarded future co-operation as assured. yiSIT TO SCOTLAND. LONDON, November 18. Mr Bruce and Mr Coates will accompany the other Prime Ministers to Edinburgh on November 24. Thence they will go to Glasgow, where the new cruiser will he inspected. HEW ZEALAND’S PREMIER BACK TO WELCOME ROYAL PARTY. [Pee Unitee Press Association,] WELLINGTON, November 18. , It is expected that the Prime Minister and party will return to New Zealand about the end of January or the beginning of February, in good time to enable Mr Coates to take part in the official welcome to the Duke and Duchess of York. According to cablegrams from London, the Imperial Conference will conclude in a few days. Mr Coates then will probably visit various cities, where arrangements have been made for a number of ceremonial functions, including the “freedom” of certain large towns Later Mr Cpates will spend some days in France, visiting the battlefields. For the convenience of those wishing to correspond with the Prime Minister. it is pointed out that the mail which is to leave by the Aorangi from Ancklamd on Tuesday will be the last to reach him before his departure for New Zealand.