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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21347, 23 November 1932, Page 15

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Sir, —My friend, Mr. O. E. Burton, seeks to associate himself with Mr. Lee .in ati unnecessary effort to wean colonials and semi-colonials from a sentiment, the existence of which forms one of the links which binds us to the land of our forefathers. At the present time there arc unfortunately many disintegrating influences at work throughout the Empire, and if these are encouraged it. will surely lead to our undoing. My humble advice to Mr. Burton is to let tilings -"bide as they be." As a young country with as yet a small population, we must for many years depend on the mother country for our naval defence, and seemingly for our export trade, and if we are to maintain our Anglo-Saxon identity we must largely depend on Great Britain to increase our population. When our legislators and our law courts require a precedent they instinctively turn to the records of the Homeland, and it must not be forgotten, too, that "uncle" still resides in London. Mo! Sir! for the general well-being of the whole .Imperial family let us rather encourage any sentiment which will bind us all to one another and to the Home Country in particular. If. 11. BniCKELL.