SECURITY PACT

Grey River Argus, 19 June 1925, Page 5

SECURITY PACT

DOMINION CONSENT Not Required (Reuter). LONDON, June lb. In the House; of Commons, Mr Amery was questioned in it’gar.. the Security Part. Mr. Amery i.. reply said that Ihe correspondence with Dominions with regard to die term.of the French Note to Germany wool I not be communicated to the House o! < >■ onions- (Colonel WcdgowoocLßt nn said that Mr. Baldwin had indicated that he might answer the question whether an agreement required .he i assent of the Dominions. Mr. Amery replied: “No! That does not follow !” Mr. Garre Jones asked:—“Have nof the Dominions already expressed their view? Did not the Prime Minister of Canada state that he will have nothing io do with the pact?” Mr. Amery made no reply. MR COATES’S STATEMENT. AUCKLAND, June IS. The Prime Minister stated hero that tho Imperial Governmenr had been informed that, in respect of the present negotiations, the New Zealand Government would he satisfied to leave the matter entirely in the Imperial Government’s hands. When the negotiations had been finalised, and concrete proposals definitely submitted, the whole question would have earnest consideration. Mr Coates added that he proposed to make a statement to Parliament on the subject in due course. He stated that Now Zealand had already cabled to tho Homo Goveniment to say that whatever arrangements Great Britain might make for tho purpose of ?ccur ing peace, we wore behind her to a man. AN IMMIGRATION ADVOCATE. The Homeland was our guard and protection, and it was essential tha' tho Dominions should render her every assistance, particularly just now when Great Britain was suffering industrial depression and struggling to regain her trade supremacy. The empty spaces of the Dominions must be filled with the overflow of Great Britain’s population and when they camo here they would promote employment ami trade between tho two countries. The Homeland purchased nearly all our exports, and it was to her that our prosperity was due. At a Chamber of Commerce luncheon, Mr Coates said that coinnierd" 1 matters and politics could not mix. The Government wanted tho co.opcra. tion of business men. LONDON. June 16. The Daily Telegraph correspondent at Berlin says the French note is highly judicial in form, and appears to substitute arbitration treaties by Germany ’with France and Belgium and also with Germany’s eastern neighbours, for tho Gorman security proposal.