BRITAIN’S LEAD TO WORLD

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17610, 28 October 1931, Page 12

BRITAIN’S LEAD TO WORLD

SPEECH BY CANADIAN t i OTTAWA. Sept. 0. Mr. Ferguson, the Canadian High Commissioner in London, speaking at a, dinner in Toronto in honor of Lord Jellieoe and the members of the British Empire Service League, said that England to-day was giving a lead to the world, and whatever internal differences they might have there was one duty they owed to civilisation, and 1 that was the preservation of the ■ British Empire. He continued: "I say it with great hesitation in the f presence of British oracles and in the presence of Lord Jellieoe, but the i. British people have to readjust them- ■ selves to the new world conditions, ■ realising that the methods, beliefs, : ideas and the whole economic struci turo that have carried them through • centuries have been smashed, and the ; ordinary channels of trade have been l diverted and obstructed by dams and all kinds of political barriers. Great. Britain must fit herself to the new' ’ front; she must face the new conditions which are embracing the world ’ with unexpected rapidity. I dare not ’ say these things in England, but here it is different.” ! All - . Ferguson added that Great | Britain was rapidly realising the new position and her people were awakening to the importance to the Empire ' and to the world itself of maintaining a dominating influence In wprld affairs., Mr. Ferguson asserted that , Canadians sing the National Anthem J more fervently than ever before because the Monarch occupies a stronger position and commands their affection and confidence to a greater extent • than ever.