EMPIRE SOLIDARITY
CANADA'S ATTITUDE
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright
OTTAWA, June 12.
Replying to the criticism of the Opposition iii the House of Commons, the Prime Minister, Air Alackenzio King, defended the proposed establishment of a Canadian legation at Tokio. Ho did not mean independence, hut sclf-dc-pcndencc. Nothing in the proposal savoured of effort to gain independence from tlio British Empire; in fact, tho action would help to maintain Canada’s relations with tho other parts of the Empire. The old idea of centralised control of the Empire had given way to the idea of joint control. The leader of the Conservatives, Air Bennett, held that the establishment of separate legations led to separation rather than to solidarity. A legation at Tokio would mean pretence without power or authority, bogus representation of nationality, and false representation of sovereignty.—Australian Press Association.
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Evening Star, Issue 19891, 13 June 1928, Page 5
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137EMPIRE SOLIDARITY Evening Star, Issue 19891, 13 June 1928, Page 5
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