SIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN
TANQUETED AT OTTAWA United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright Australian Press Association OTTAWA, 11th November. The genius of the British race formed of long habit and deep rooted in the past, enabled the British peoples heretofore to confront their difficulties and solve them, said tho British Foreign Secretary, Sir Austen Chamberlain, speaking at a. banquet tendered him by the Canadian Government, lie said as 'between the British Empire and the |}v;(:«ii CVnimomvoalth of Nations he preferred the latter, because it meant mat each constituent part was free to pursue Ho coi'Miion interest for the commonwealth, 'but the daily interests of each part were hut a fraction of those for which the commonwealth exists, and bv which if is justified." lie said he was glad the dominions were playing an increasing role ill world affairs. Such a
situation contained within, it elements of danger, but he had profound faith that somehow "alwnvs our commonsense will solve difficulties as thev
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 13 November 1928, Page 7
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