UNITY OF EMPIRE.
NOTABLE SPEECH IN CANADA United Press Asan. by EL Tel. Copyright iAustralian Press Aesn.) (Received Nov„ 5, 5.5 p.m.) OTTAWA, Nov. 4. Sir William Clark, British High Commissioner, was officially welcomed to Canada on Saturday night at a Government dinner. Speaking of the importance of the appointment, Premier. King said:—
“It is by far the most important step yet taken to further effective consultation and i co-opera-tion between the Governments -of Great Britain and Canada with resultant benefits to both and, what was even more, important to the unity of the Empire as a whole. It was tho most effective means thus far devised of securing the Crown against involvment in any possible controversy which may ever arise between tho different Governments, of which His Majesty is the head. If closer relations ,of Government and Empire and the maintenance of its unity through security of the Crown is what we all desire, may we not. truly say . that here they find the surest as well as the latest developments,”
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10736, 6 November 1928, Page 5
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