SOLIDARITY OF EMPIRE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19456, 12 October 1926, Page 9

SOLIDARITY OF EMPIRE.

NEW ZEALAND'S VIEW. DEVELOPMENT OF TRADE. VALUE OF IMPERIAL REPORTS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received 9.5 p.m.) Sun. LONDON, Oct. 11. The New York correspondent of the Daily Gazette says the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Mr. J. G. Coates, stated in an interview that he values the right of consultation on Imperial affairs, but recognises that it is not always practicable to give actual effect to the separate views of the Dominions. Mr. Coates said he gladly admits that the final decision rests with tho British Government. New Zealand did not desire to be represented hv her own ambassadors. He laughingly pictured the effect of a street full of British Ambassadors in any foreign capita], and remarked that it would be curious evidcnco of Imperial unity, and embarrassing to tho country to which they were accredited. In an interview with a Daily Mail correspondent in New York Mr. Coates said New Zealand's great desire was to have the Empire united as a whole and tho Mother Conntry flourishing and prosperous. Everything that was dear to tho British race depended upon tho solidarity of the Empire. The Britons who almost exclusively populated New Zealand had sought from the earliest days their chief market in the Homeland.

"Our farmers do not possess tho amount of capital which would enablo them to draw upon their own resources for a long period," said Mr. Coates. " Our depression is temporary, but it exemplifies in a striking manner tho commercial inter-dopendenco of Britain and New Zealand. " The developments arising out of our relationships should be mutually and increasingly advantageous. The reports of the Imperial Economic Committee should bo condensed and issued to the jiublic. " Assisted migrants can be absorbed in New Zealand only according to the country's capacity for their employment. We want Britons, but they must be safeguarded from unemployment and from causing unemployment among others. " New Zealand will assume further responsibilities for the maintenance of the British Navy as her growth permits," concluded Mr. Coates.

CANADIAN IDEALS. t „ . - PRIME MINISTER SPEAKS. SELF-GOVERNMENT POLICY. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 5.5 p.m.) QUEBEC, Oct. 10. The Prime Minister, Mr. W. L. Mackenzie King sailed last evening for England to attend the Imperial Conference. In an address to a gathering of citizens prior to his departure Mr. King said he was taking no grievance to the conference. Canada would be represented as a full self-governing nation within tho British Commonwealth. "I am sure wo will express the wishes of Canadians when we extend goodwill and the heartiest greetings of the people of this Dominion to tho people of Britain and of the other Dominions," said Mr. King. "It is the custom at Imperial Conferences for the Prime Ministers of the Dominions to meet His Majesty the King. I thbk I will express the wish of the people of Canada, should that privilege be extended to me, if I tell His Majesty that nowhere are there subjects who love him better personally or arc more loyal to the Crown. " I believe in the British Empire as the greatest agency for peace and goodwill the world has ever known. I want to see the British Empire grow in strength and might, but :,he can only grow when she has been built on the corner-stone of self-government. " The self-governing nations within the British Commonwealth do not believe that position will be questioned by anyone who understands the Briitsh Empire. The views expressed in my own land will find the fullest acceptance at the council table of the Imperial Conference." LION AND ITS CUB. CARTOONIST AND MR. BRUCE. WELCOME FOR AUSTRALIA. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 9.5 p.m.) LONDON, Oct, 11. Apropos of the arrival in London of the Prime Minister of Australia, Mr. S. M. Bruce, a cartoon in the Daily Express depicts John Bull as a lion welcoming the young lion, Australia. The inscription below reads: "Come right in, lad. Wo have no coal fire, but you will find our heart warm."