BONDS OF EMPIRE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16202, 27 November 1926, Page 5

BONDS OF EMPIRE

DOMINIONS COME OF AGE DISRUPTION NOT FEARED (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, November 26. Mr. L. C. M. S. Amcry, in a broadeasi address regarding the results of the Imperial Conference, emphasised the fact that the Dominion came of ago. and their full equality with Britain was now recognised, though this does not mean equality of status, wealth or population, as for years Britain was bound to play the major part in the defence of the Empire and the settlement of foreign policy. The Dominions were now entitled to exercise every function of national life. There were critics who feared this meant the beginning of disruption of the Empire, but Mr. Arnery said he did not believe the Empire was held together by a central authority, but by common loyalty and ideals.

A FRENCH VIEW COMPOSITE BUNDLE OF NEEDS (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association./ (Received November 27, 11 a.m.) PARIS, November 26. “Pertinax,’’ writing in the Echo de Paris, applies tho description “Fascite” to the British Empire, using the term in its derivative sense of a composite bundle of needs and common defence binding the Empire. The Imperial Conference showed that the British League was in some respects, keeping aloof from the Geneva League, and was determined to maintain its integrity.