COLONIAL OFFICE

Grey River Argus, 25 June 1925, Page 2

COLONIAL OFFICE

THE CHANGES . j Minister’s Speech i ; Received June 23 at 9.3(i p.m.) I and N.Z. Cable Association.) I LONDON J urn* 23. I At the New Zealand annual diii'iier i tlm Secretary of State for the Dornin ions, Mr Amery, made an iniportani 1-. fere nr c to the changes at the Colonia! | (Miice, which he dest-ribed as a step for , a ioio- due, ami possible a*a overdue 1 i'li:; ngc. Theie had been a process of | evolution since Mr A. Deakin's rose ) lution \y.us submitted to the Impejiai | Cimfeicme in 1907, ami reintroduced • in 1911. It did not then meet wi t h the support of the Colonial Office, and was not pressed. Since then the case for a clear division ns between the work ol consultation of the Colonics had growM more pressing. The Govern j meiit had gone beyond the 1911 resolu lion. H had estail Jislied separ:.ir Secretaries for State, alohtugh it had vested thorn in the same person for the purposes ol con venienco . Thev ’night in future be held by -epnrnte ' persons, <>r by some other ministers w’idm' duties were not so heavy. He disagreed with the suggestion that the Departmental aspect of the Dominions' work ; hoiild he added to the Work of the .-^1: cady-ovcrbnrdened Prime Alinis I*' l ’- I hat suggestion would deprive the latter of |h<. assistance of a re--poii.-i Ido Cabinet Colleague who was t<> keep I mperial issues effort i vely ri’presented in Parliament and in lhe I'biiio;. ami personally to conduct re lat ionsliips with the Dominium- ’ ropf >.'ii I a I i ves. Mr Amery said he hoped that when ii(‘ clu.'.igc was effect.ivelv workiim-, womd bo pos-ihle for him to visit A ustciii:. ami New Zealand ‘luring 1926. 11l- SUUIUCSI cl flint (he Dnininions Would o\; i;a 11\- follow suit, and Would 'leli-Kiit.- t-lx-ii- imiKTial reinll.>i■ •|)e<iul minister. Roterring lo the dillieullies in e-m m-rliin with ade<piate consultation, he pointed ouf that he ha„d hoped for an Imepir. ('..liferem-e on lhe Genov.-; Protoeol, but difficulties had rendered it lf problems (-(mid not bo s ,v <‘d l»y personal < onsu 11 at ion, thev '"’■C bo solved in tin- best way made possible by <■ or respoM<l enee, the British G'ivcrnmenl taking such responsibility :is " le lt was its duty towards the empire, alter ascertaining, as far as l':>sNiblv, ll„. views ~f ~V (. r J. ,l "’ 1 111 ■ B' <lH' present jjre.-it opI’ ■riiinitv for .st,-i bi ]isi no f| 1(? i)( . ;l( . ( . ~r I- mope -lipped mvnv. Hie !mpei i.-iI (lo '■ernmenl w. n|,| |,e re-ponsible not <xi!,111 Bn- people of Hrituin, bm ( ,f "I'oie Empire for ||,e possible d.-,no C rs mol wnr dilli'-ulties.