UNION OF THE EMPIRE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 79, 23 May 1911, Page 6

UNION OF THE EMPIRE.

SIP- JOSEPH WARD INTERVIEWED. (Received 23, 0.5 a.m.) London, May 22. .Sir Jcendi Ward, in an interview, said tho Empire was no %'ar.d scartcrod, and the growl i so rapid, that there was a necessity of devising a method of mined action, fs greal emergencies cf vital interest it was essential to hare in peace time a system which would always be ready and effective for operation in time of war He expressed tho hope that the Conference would be convinced that it was. possible to erect machinery for the ac complishtnonfc of this purpose. Within a quarter of a century the Overseas Dominions would be mere powerful in population, wealth and production than the Motherland to-day. He was referring, ’--.t to accumulated wealth, but the di‘"ct productiveness of the soil and industries. The voice of the Dominions must be he"id on matters cf the Empire as a who! i. The brightest and best intellects in the Old Country and new ought to combine in producing a system of invigorating the .body and limbs of the greatest Empire the world had seen. BENEFITS OF CONFERENCES. London, May 22 The “Mail” asks if it is not a good omen that the Imperial Conference was directly or indirectly responsible for the confederation of Australia and South Africa, the creation of colonial armies and navies, tho of tariffs against British goods, and the establishment cf penny postage. Even more important is the effect the conferences have had on the opinions and the tendencies of policy throughout the Empire. The “Mail” emphasises Australia’s protest against the Declaration of London.