MR MASSEY

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 29 December 1923, Page 7

MR MASSEY

RECEPTION IN CANADA

"I AM AN IMPERIALIST."

* X CASLiB -WiEßt» A.BBOOI A.5 ON - COP V XlO il7 Mr W F V OTTAWA ' *- Mi. W F. Massey, wueu pacing through Montreal en route to itroiito expressed Jseea appreciation oi Uuuida's reception, which he said n,. uuL £ much an honour to himself as, . ( uibute to the peopie of hew Zealand niio would greatly appreciate the Jommimoiit a

Commenting on the prospects of the results oi the Imperial Uoniei-ei.ee ,Ur Massey said: "I have no wish whatever to interfere in domestic politics m Jirit am but whatever may be the outcome of the present situation I strongly hope the work and recommendations of the conference will not be jeopardised. It should be remembeerd that these Imperial Conferences in reality represent the Empire m council, and it seems unthinkable that there should be any going back upon promises made to the Dominions by the British. Government Any such happenings would be regrettable." B

Mr. Massey, replying to a suggestion that some people were disturbed by the term Imperialism, said: "I am an Imperialist, and I do not care who knows it."

at. nTor(m to > Mr- Massey, addressing the Canadian Club, said the existence and prosperity of the Empire depended on adequate means of defence and interImpenal trade. "Our principal duty and business consists in keeping the Empire in existence," he said. "We are all in it, and we can do it as consumers by choosing between goods made within the Empire and outside."-