IMPERIAL UNITY
■■»"•■—— INTERESTING PROBLEMS DISCUSSED. Pr«s Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, September 6.. (Received Sept. 6, at 10 p.m.) Mr Herbert Samuel, in a paper on federal government read, before Hie British Association, declared that the conclusion so often drawn that tlio natural evolution of the States was towards centralisation was wrong and harmful. It Wlls really through decentralisation that the unity of the British Empire had been preserved. Federalism must play a leading port in dealing with Empire problems, but tlio creation of a Federal Executive was surrounded by tlio most formidable difficulties. Could statesmen who were drawn from the dominions as members of the Empire Executive conduct at the centre the current business and keep in such close touch with their countries as to remain authoritative- exponents of their
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 15553, 7 September 1912, Page 9
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