EMPIRE CONTACT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20228, 12 April 1929, Page 11

EMPIRE CONTACT.

NEED FOR FURTHERANCE,

ADELAIDE PROFESSOR'S VIEW.

Australian and N.Z. Press Association. VANCOUVER, April 10

Speaking primarily as an educationist, but almost with equal stress as ail Australian, Sir Archibald Strong, Professor of English in tho Adelaide University, addressed the members of the Board of Trade (o-dav. Referring to the trade conference held this morning he said it was Hie first occasion on which Australians and Canadians had met to discuss trade and commerce.

Sir Archibald suggested that (he principio might well bo extended to the great advantage of tlie whole empire and carried oven beyond matters of commerce.

" If we are going to keep tho great and glorious British Empire what it is," lie said, " we should know as much as possible of one another and keep in steady contact." lie said the Asiatic exclusion policy of Australia was misunderstood within tho Empire. Australia excluded Asiatics, not because she hated or despised them, but to prevent the tragedies common in those countries where a great number of white and coloured peoplo lived.

The speaker said ho wished they could do something to dispel tho " ghastly lies" told in some parts of the Empire about, other parts. All tho Empire universities should remain true to the British ideal of freedom of opinion.