OVERSEA PARLIAMENT ARIANS.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 1349, 22 June 1911, Page 8

OVERSEA PARLIAMENT ARIANS.

MR RHODES GOOD SPEECH. WHERE THE COLONIES STAND. (Press Association,—By Telegraph.— Copyright). London, Yesterday. Mr 11. H. Rhodes (Now Zealander), responding at the Parliamentarians' dinner to tlio toast of tho Overseas Parliamentarians, said when the representatives of tho Dominions las backwoodsmen returned 1 to tho bush and' wielded 1 an axe or mustered their flocks they would look back kindliy upon that gathering within those Ancient walls, and Lord Rosobery's elo- ' quence rang in tWir mm when they came to pay allegiance to their King, wko was 210 stranger to them-. His Majesty was known throughout tho Empire as no British Sovereign) had been known before. Ho looked 1 forward to welcoming tho Prince of ■ »iea, when following ibis, father's footsteps, ho set out to tread the path of Empire. (Cheors.) Throughout the Dominions it was recognised that the Motherland had demanded' nothing of them in the past, .had given them protection, and made enormous sacrifices for theni; and though under her protection they blossomed forth as young .nations, they kid no dieEiiira to besoms ■ separate mat/ions. (Cheers.) They realised fully wkt their fato would bo m such oiraimstances. Their desire was rathea' to draw the bonds of Empire tighter. Sir Joseph Ward's schomo of nit Impi&rial Council had not been adopted; perhaps it was premature, but surely it was not too high ian idea'l to aim at. (Cheers.) Tho Doniinipjis felt bound to share the burdens of Empire, and felt that in doing so, they must have a voice in tho settlement of foreign questions affecting their destinies. Lard, Rosebery had asked what was tho Dominions' inessag© to the Mothea' Country? He ventured to foumiillatie a reply: "Wo desire not to be holders of the greai company Empire, but. pai'tnei's." (Cheers.) ■„ Mr Molteno, Speaker of the 'South African PJrJiaiiienit, emphasised the entire 'absence of election petitions in South Africa, and tire perfect smoothness- of to_ strenuous Parliamentary session; racialism was a -thing of the past, j The best form of patriotism i'ni the Dominiums was for each to keep its own house in order audi roatoe its own corner of tine Empire strong. That being so, ho thought South Af•rica had won the Empire's confidence. (Cheers,)