A UNITED EMPIRE
. ♦■ SI» E. BARTON'^ VIEWS.
LONDON, July 25
Sir E. Barton, speaking at the AngloSaxon Club dinner, said that it was a mistake to suppose that the Imperial Conference was promulgating a =chenie for a united Empire. Already we had a united Empire, but there were obstacles in the way of colonial representation in the Imperial Parliament. These at present seemed ins-urmoantable, though he would rather that union came in his time. The tendency of the Empire would always be towards closer union. But tne ties were not resting on iron bands, but upon the growth of a strong and firm affection. Their mutual obligation*, though they would not and should not be too much regulated by terms of the counting-house, would be so much the more governed in terms of the heart. Sir E. Barton and Sir J. Forest will catch the s.s. Aorangi at Vancouver on her next trin.
The Daily Chronicle says that it is clear that the self-governing colonies are not united on the question of contributing to the Imperial- defence according to their wealth and population. The lines whereon the strengthening of the Imperial defence must be sought are those of local action and free wills, guided by common ideas, for all purpose.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2524, 30 July 1902, Page 15
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210A UNITED EMPIRE Otago Witness, Issue 2524, 30 July 1902, Page 15
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