BRITISH EMPIRE
THE IMPERIAL CONFERENCE REMARKABLE PRESS STATE ME NTS CANADA, SOUTH AFRICA AND AUSTRALIA DESIRE SEPARATION 'By. Electrio Telegraph—Copyright) (Australian & N.Z. Caub Association.) LONDON, Oct. 7. The. "Morning Post's" Paris correspondent says derails of the. Imperial Conference" are followed with iuteresl by the French Press. The genera' impression is that, the conference will siiow the Britisli colossus is about to fall. Lord Byng's return is taken as a sign that. Canada is fired of Ihe Imperial connections, and South Africa s desire for a new Hag as a proof that that dominion wishes to cut the cable ; while American economic penelrwo'i of Australia is cited as evidence tin: the Commonwealth also does not desiie to remain in the Empire. It is also considered that the British livsl.l cm India is weakening fast. The. dictum of Turgot (an eighteenth century siiitesman of France) that "colonies ai\s like fruits which drop off when -ipc," is continually quoted with approval.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 9 October 1926, Page 7
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