WHAT THE CONFERENCE ACHIEVED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13495, 23 May 1907, Page 5

WHAT THE CONFERENCE ACHIEVED.

VIEWS OF MR. " DEAKIN.

MERELY PREPARED THE WAY. ■: '■ :■■■. > ■■' ■ v" * : - ■-'■•■■ i A -» : I . By Telegraph AMociaiion.—Copyright., ' - '■' London, May 21. Mr. Deakin, interviewed prior to his departure, stated that the official resolutions unanimously passed by the Conference were nob sufficient to call for congratulation. On several! of the most important subjects the | delegates had not only failed to induce the acceptance of their proposals, but had failed even to receive a definite approach toward •; them. Though something had been done, it was what in nearly every case could have been accomplished by correspondence. '■' . ■:■;." ■•..'At the same time, said Mr. Deakin, the general indirect and unexpressed results justified a very different tone. They constituted a total' effect which he would not attempt at I present to estimate. It? was impossible to say now . what effect the Conference would produce upon Australia. Every such interchange of views tended to closer relations between the Motherland and the colonies. ' "Whatever friction may have occurred during our visit," said the iFederal Premier, "was merely individua! and transitory. The delegates | have separated, cherishing a hope that the great ideas .which inspired their gathering would yet be crystallised in the future. The Conference will be placed on a more permanent basis, and be better equipped for its wide responsibilities." NOT : AGAIN -QUESTS; OF THE ''' '.'. NATION. ••" • : " "" London, May 21. Several members of the Imperial Conference consider it undesirable to again attend these gatherings: as j guests of the nation as they prefer complete ; liberty. * |