EMPIRE PROBLEMS

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 27 January 1926, Page 9

EMPIRE PROBLEMS

EXTRA EDITION.

trade and settlement. VIEWS OF LEADERS. TR ESS DELEGATES WELCOMEI>. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION-COPYRIGHT. Received Jan. 27, 12.30 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 26. Leading; members of the -British Press, together with the Hon. L. C. At. S. Amery, Air Thomas, High Commissioners and the Agents-General, ce ebrated the return of the Empire Press de egation, the members of which paid a. glowing testimony to the unbounded hospitality and kindness received throughout the tour, especailly in New Zealand and Australia. Sir Robert Donald, chairman, quoted the Dominion Premiers’ messages hoping that the conference’s resolutions would be consolidated to the lasting service of the Empire. The Hon. ,J. G. Coates (New Zealand) hoped cthe conference would have farreaehijCjV results, leading to a full apprecisyfion of the Empire’s resources and potentialities, helping to mould public opinion in Britain to a- better understanding of Empire problems. The Right Hon. Stanley Baldwin (Britain) wrote trusting that the experience of the tour would he helpful in the coming years, during which our future would depend upon the common policy of Empire development. The Hon. L. C. At. S. Amery said that Imperial unity depended not only upon politics, but upon co-operation in every field of life wherein the Press covered every phase and wie’ded an immense power. He recalled attending tho 1901) conference, at which Viscount Alilnr, Viscount Grey and Earl Roberts disclosed the facts of the European situation, resulting in compete Empire co-operation in 1914. “To-day’s probems,” he added, “are Empire trade and settlement. If these are solved every social and political problem of the next generation will he automatically solved, because underlying them were the. P x '°- hems of Empire co-operation and security, and others requiring to he tackled from many angles in order to achieve the mutua l well-being of all parts of the Empire. Viscount Burnham said that there was no saner, sounder or more prosperous Press than that of New Zealand and Australia. He stressed the Australasians’ patriotim and keenness to see their industries developed by British methods under British leadership and migration. By means of the migration of industries as well as of peoulp to Greater Britain. Australasia may become the greatest Britain of ail.—A. and N.Z. Assn.