IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19965, 6 December 1926, Page 16

IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

SUBJECTS TO BE DISCUSSED PRIME MINISTER’S STATEMENT. (Feou Qua Own Coeeespondent.) LONDON, October 11. In his speech at Scarborough at the Conservative Congress the Prime Minister indicated the subjects which will bo discussed at the forthcoming Imperial Conference. “It is a matter of profound satisfaction,” he said, “that the Prime Ministers of all the dominions should have found it possible to attend in London, and I should like to add that the action whereby all parties in Canada immediately after the General Election have united to facilitate the pres-' ence of Mr Mackenzie King is to my mind a remarkable illustration of that spirit by which all over the Empire endeavour is now made to place the interests of the Empire above the interests of local party politics. “The work of the conference will as in past years be heavy. It wili include a general review of foreign policy, of defence, and of the questions to which these subjects give rise. Consideration will be given to the development and improvement of the system of communication and consultation between the Governments of the Empire on matters of importance and common concern. “I will not detail to you the other subjects which will come_ under review, but, of course, attention will have to be paid to the pressing question of overseas settlement and inter-imperial trade, including the work of the Economic Conference, of the Empire Marketing_ Board, and communications which will include the work of the Imperial Shining Committee and the question of Imperial Air Services. Then there come questions of research and an important question—the exhibition in the Empire of Empire films. “We for our part shall enter the conference with one single object in view—to promote to the utmost of our pwer the wise development on the political side, consistent progress on the economic side, and the relations between these many communities, which together make up the British Empire.’’