ALLIED CONFERENCE.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 21 July 1924, Page 7

ALLIED CONFERENCE.

i extra edition.

DOMINION representation CRITICISED. *1 cabl*—pbjshs ADhuciATiON- -copy high Received July 21. 10.5 a.m. . . LONDON, July 20. Dominion becomes a member of tin: Jtmpire delegation, tne High Commissioners attending the conference seriatim. Others can attend daily and vi ateh proceedings. The settlement covers only the present conference, and cannot be regarded as a precedent afiecting the status of the Dominions. Sir James Allen points out that the settlement means that the status of the High Commissioners has beeu raised to the equivalent of ambassadorial: rank. It is only a. small beginning of greater things. A High Commissioner’s duties and sfesponsibilities are constantly increasing as the Dominions expand, and inevitably mean further recognition until the positions are equal to foreign ambassadors. Sooner or later, this must be thoroughly recognised. The Dominions, therefore, should send their best statesmen to .represent them at London. — Sydney Sirn Cables. The Observer in an editorial criticises the muddling concerning the representation of the Dominions present at the Allied Conference, and insists that the Empire as a whole must definitely choose a regular system which, when found, will have to be accepted together with the reality that tit represents a fact in international politics as solid 'as the Monroe Doc-trine.—-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.