STRENUOUS DAY

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 28, 31 December 1926, Page 10

STRENUOUS DAY

MR BRUCE IN NEW YORK. ATTENDS, SOCIAL FUNCTIONS. isittw”VOT?F" Dpi* 29 Mr Bruce spent a strenuous, day, atte'nded B by'thcfmost'promiiienlf financiers and He attended the English-Speaking Union reception, at which he made a lengthy address concerning the necessity for the continuance of Anglo-American friendship for the peace of the world, and coneluded with a dinner given by the Pilgrims’ Society, at which he also spoke in similar tenor. . The bankers’ luncheon was private, but it is understood thatflMr Bruce’s address there w r as substantially concerning the same subject as his address before the bankers in England, and contained a correction of an erroneous statement sent by an American journalist, to a financial journal in, New York, intimating that English financiers were hesitating to Tend money to an Australian Labour Government

.The guests at the luncheon included Mr Otto Kuhn, of the Kuhn-Loeb Company, Mr Thomas Lamok, of the J. P. Morgan Company, and Mr Elbert Gary, of the United States Steel Corporation.—A. and N.Z. cable.

“A GREAT AUSTRALIAN. 0 MR BRUCE AND EMPIRE. . LONDON. Dec. 21. “A Great Australian” is the title of the Daily Mail’s Jeading article, farewelling Mr Bruce. It says:—‘‘He takes with him the best wishes of everyone believing in the British Empire. His speeches at the Imperial Conference were highly statesmanlike and his record as Prime Minister proves his ability, courage, and sane Imperialism, concerning which he is not a vain dreamer, but a commonsense thinker. “Mr Bruce played one of the leading parts at the conference by his balanced judgment and clear vision. 'His loyalty to the Empire does not infringe his loyalty to Australia. His perception of Imperial relations is singularly just, and with men like him at the helm the, Empire will remain unweakened, and continue to be a supreme influence for *good throughout the world.”