CO-OPERATION

Grey River Argus, 25 March 1940, Page 7

CO-OPERATION

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IN COLONIAL POLICY. [British Official Wireless.] (Received March 24, 6.30 p.m.) RUGBY, March 23. In welcoming Rt Hon. M. MacDonald, the Colonial Secretary’s recent visit to Paris, “The Economist" says: It is excellent news that permanent liaison offices will be established in the two capitals to promote inter-colonial co-operation. Little by little, all spheres of the political and economic life of the two great Empires are being brought into contact, and the closer this co-operation grows, the more secure becomes the certainty of victory in war, and of peaceful collaboration in victory. The colonial sphere, including the lives and interests of some 120 million colonial citizens, is obviously of extreme importance. It is especially encouraging to learn that the contact which is being established between the two capitals is to be repeated throughout the colonial empires by collaboration between the local administrative officials. “French and British policy, intelligently co-ordinated, could profit Immeasurably by new ideas and new angles of approach to which such an association would give rise.”