THE COLONIES AND THE EMPIRE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11842, 20 December 1901, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE COLONIES AND THE EMPIRE.

SPEECH BY LORD RANFURLY. . REPLY TO GERMAN SNEERS. . ~—■ —' _ , • . _ ' . ',v '"A UNITED EFFORT SUGGESTED. ' . ; ,v. ■■ ■ ' Dttnediv, December 11. ' At a breaking-up. ceremony in connection with the Boys' High School Lord Ran- H furly unveiled a brass tablet, being partJ of a memorial of those old boys who took ; part in the . war in South Africa, the idea having originated: on the death, of Captain' Harvey. The tablet has inscribed on it 49 ' ' names, the first being that iof Lieutenant-" Colonel Robin, C.B. Two, Captain Fulton and Captain ; Gilbert Hutton, have received the D.S.O. ' ' ' ' • -

Lord Ranfurly said the memorial was not a purely school one.; - It was a memorial of the unity of a great Empire. . It was •- U a memorial of the simultaneous action of ' every. British colony, and of the acknowledgment of the .British colonies; that they ' intended to take part,and share in the re- - sponsibilities, joys, and sorrows of the Motherland. To outsiders the action of the ::•** colonies was an eye-opener. The strength r,J>« of the Empire was immensely increased by- • this united action. They now saw that the course adopted was being discounted by the ■■■ ■' ' German press, which contended that'Eng- • land would find the colonies a broken reed to trust to. He thought that the writers were lacking in colonial experience. Knowing the New Zealanders as he did, he did not hesitate to say that when needed they would be there. The sooner the present war was brought to a close the better, and In thought united efforts should be made • at once to have a large number of mounted infantry poured into the Transvaal to overrun the country and put an end at once and rfor all to guerilla warfare, which was almost brigandage. - In concluding. Lord Ranfurly, referring to th emending of mounted infantry, said : — "This guerilla warfare militates against ' a -/vf return to ; peace and prosperity. I should -• { like to see the colonies all look on this view of the case with the same eyes, and each and all contribute their quota speedily to terminate the struggle, and once more return our : land to the blessings of peace." (Loud applause.) •

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