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IMPERIAL AFFAIRS.

THE SHARING OF THE NAVAL

BURDEN

COLONIAL INSTITUTE DINNER

London, May 19

At the Colonial Institute Empire Day dinner Earl Grey presided. There were three hundred guests, including Sir VV. Hall-Jones and the AgentsGeneral. Dr. G. It. Parkin, proposing the toast of "The Overseas Dominions," said that he believed that the people on the outskirts of the Empire would respond to Mr. Winston Churchill's apoeal to patrol the distant seas. Earl Grey said that besides desiring to teach the Motherland the resources of the overseas Dominions, the institute might teach the overseas Dominions the greatness of the Motherland and prove the fact that Great Britain was not yet played out. He knew of thousands in Canada who envied the Motherland's privilege of bearing the burden (if Empire, and were counting on a day when they would he able to claim a share in it. Sir A. Lawley, replying bo the toast, asked: Arc the'people of Great Britain to bear the whole of the burden of the .Navy, or are they_ to share it with their overseas brethren ? On the happy solution of this problem depended the future welfare and existence of the Empire. BIG DEMONSTRATION BY BOY SCOUTS AND CADETS. ' FLAGS OF THE EMPIRE GROUPED. (Received 20, 9.25 a.m.) London, May 19. At the celebration of Empire Day there was a great gathering of 9000 cadets, Boy Scouts, and Girl Guides, in Hyde Park. The Duchess of Argyll, 'Lords Meath and Roberts, and the London Mayors were present. Lord Roberts took the salute, and 64 flags of the Empire were finally grouped about the Union Jack.

CANADA—THE HUB

Ottawa, May IS

Mr White, Minister of Finance, speaking at Toronto, said that it was necessary for the first nations of the Empire to get together for the purposes of the Defence Act. An aggressive Federation of the Empire at the present time did not present any difficulty. Canada was destined to be the Empire's heart in the future.

A GERMAN VIEW

London, May 19

Der Kreuz-Zeitung says that Mr Winston Oliurchill proposes, with.the help of strong navies of the Dominion to control the trade and naval movements of all the Powers on the face of the earth. His aim is to secure England's world-monopoly.

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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 19, 20 May 1912, Page 5

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IMPERIAL AFFAIRS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 19, 20 May 1912, Page 5

IMPERIAL AFFAIRS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 19, 20 May 1912, Page 5

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