EMPIRE UNITY
; AitKK If CEHERAL SHUTS fit* 4-oe?»tioc—Bt Telegraph—Copyright. OTTAWA, June .3. Speaking here on Thursday n:ight, General Smuts said that the liberty 01 nationhood had been achieved by the dominions of the British Empire, but another task remained which must be undertaken— the task to give a form of - substance to the unity of that great group which is the British Common- : wealth of Nations. • “ This great structube should become the most enduring of all time. Whatever storms may blow, as they have blown in the past, , *nd whatever vicissitudes are before us, this ship should weather the storm. This great Commonwealth of ours should remain for all time an example «£, the embodiment of human liberty. ./Political genius is ah instrument of happiness not only to us, but to other : nations of the world.” * General Smuts told the audience that . dominion staua. proved the. solution of • Empire problems which seemed 'to be ■ insoluble.
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Evening Star, Issue 20374, 4 January 1930, Page 11
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154EMPIRE UNITY Evening Star, Issue 20374, 4 January 1930, Page 11
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