DOMINION DIPLOMATS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17484, 31 May 1920, Page 5

DOMINION DIPLOMATS.

IMPRESSIONS AT PARIS. Australian and N.Z. Cable- Association. (R«cd. VIS ».la-> . LONDON, Hay 29. . The Premier of Queensland, Mr. E. J. Theodore, was the guest at a banquet given by the Lord Mayor of London and the Masters of the City Guilds at the Mansion House. .„ *. „ Sir George Rid/lsll, proposed the health of Mr. Theodora. He remarked that at the Peace Conference he had been very much struck bv the fact that those most homesick were" the Australians and New Zeal nders. If ever he emigrated he •won d go to either Australia or New Zealand. The overseas representatives at Paris had a direct way of speaking that was rather novel and not according to oldfashioned European customs, but they had rendered very great service. Mr Theodore, who had a very cordial reception, said that the general impression was that Australia was so far removed that it was out of the minds of Englishmen. Australian soldiers had made a name that would endure. The Empire amid be entirely self-supporting and selfcontained without depending m .the slightest on outeide assistance.