COLONIAL PREMIERS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 101, 19 June 1911, Page 5

COLONIAL PREMIERS.

SOON RETURNING HOME. London, June 17. General Louis Botha starts for Kissingon, in Germany, on the loth July. Sir Wilfrid Luurier sails tor Canada on. July Ist. Sir JoS'epii Ward and Dr. hindlay join the Ruapehu at Marseilles. FURTHER BANQUETS. SPEECH BY MR. BALFOUR. L (Received 19, 8.5 a.m.) . V London, Juno 18. Mr. Balfour, presiding at a luncheon (at the Constitutional Club in honour of the Overseas 1 ieioiccd that the latter should honoui the club. The Premiers themselves •were party politicians, and knew that the party system was essential to th working of free institutions. 1 he > were therefore all aware that the p;u - tv system was not inconsistent with national unity. Their visit concerned the development of tue gi catesu ex periment over made. The tune migh come when the great growing Domionions would feel it preferable to g their own way, like the adults of a family. That might happen. Hie worldly-wise would say it was probable, yet he thought there were igh•er and better ways. He dreamed other dreams for the future, as they more thoroughly realised in every community of the Empire that each was to manage their own affairs and cany out their own life, and make thenown > experiments as a political atom. It was upon that solid oasis they had built np something the world had never seen-—the coalition of free sengoverning communities. Ho was conscious they would never bo more mastors of their own fate than when recognising that they were parts o. the great whole. He saw the beginnings to-day whereof posterity would see the full fruition. Such conferences as those now proceeding would help towards the realisation of tlio ideal and groat cause wherefor the visitors were labouring Sir Wilfrid. Laurieiy in responding, said the Canadians, hoisted the policy of British preference at the topmast, there to stay. Reciprocity with the United States would not involve the slightest danger to the Mother Land’s interests. Whatever privelegcs were granted others would be given equally to Britain.