FREEDOM OF CITY OF LONDON

North Otago Times, Volume CI, Issue 13329, 31 July 1915, Page 2

FREEDOM OF CITY OF LONDON

OANADIAN PREMIER'S ADDEESS. ■ i ■' . ■;"" ~" ■' '- /THE. VOICE OF THE DOMINIONS. (Per Cdhle.—Pr«n; Aftsoeidtion.—Oopyrieht) ' !' ' ■ ■ LONDON, July 2.0.. ; Sir Tt. L. Borden-was granted- the Freedom of the'Ciiy at the Guildliall.' Messrs Asqiiitli'aiid'Boiiar Law, Sir'-'G.' ' ; Rcid, Mr T. Mackenzie, and the Agents--1 Jlcneralweic--present. > Sir.R. L. ten, iir tliank'iiig '■ them, said he hoped ihe oiitconic of the war -'would: be'to irecl a monument, to the autonomy of; -, ihe. self-governing colonies, aiiTi',to'-tlie ..■;mrf.gc. and power of the, Empire, which ..voiild he more thoroughly aiid-effee'tive:. ly'orgaiiiseil for-.thcpiirposeof preserv-; ing its own existence.-'.'-.; :';',':•'. ' . Sit K; ii, IJonleii, coiitiriiiiiig, said : that Austialia.i New- ■ ZeaTaiid, ■ South Africay and Canada, all great and ; free intioiis,- possessing full ''self-governing , ights, had joined in the eonliict for'; tho.' 'ovc of liberty and the iilcnlsof' domocnc.y, .and' a, spirit of unityVfoimded; ■ 'hereon would make.'thVwliole Eiiipite mglejii:purpose. ■ i itense eoiiyictiipiiiliht ine-\vrfr-Jiad: fcfeMv the for'in hoiioili- , «e cqiild ;,notstand'aside, and see [a .\eak" and ipibffcndiiig people'trampled ' in the'dust. We also lealised that the of the conflict transcended-even the destinies of oui own Empiie, and involved the future of civilisation and r Jc destinies of the wo'rld. Theiefoic hp must not fail in the struggle. Mi Boulenjs mention of Australia, New Zeiland, atid South Africa was greeted withjjhccisr