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SIR A. CHAMBERLAIN’S SPEECH. (Australian Press Association.) (By Cable—Press Assn—Copyright.) OTTAWA, November 11. “The genius of the British race formed of long habit and deep-rooted in the past, had enabled the British people heretofore to confront their difficulties and solve them,” said the British Foreign Secretary (Sir A. Chamberlain, speaking at a banquet tendered him by the Canadian Government. He said that as between the British Empire and the British Commonwealth of Nations, he preferred the latter, because it meant that each constituent part was free to pursue its common interest for the Commonwealth, “but,” he added, “the interests of each part are but a fraction of those for which the Commonwealth exists, and by which it is justified.” ’ He said he was glad the Dominion were playing an increasing role in world affairs. Such a situation contained within'it elements of danger, but he had a profound faith that somehow “always our commonsense will solve the difficulties as they arise.” I
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Greymouth Evening Star, 13 November 1928, Page 7
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