UNITY OF THE EMPIRE.
PAPER ON FEDERAL 'GOVERN-
MENT. London, September G. Mr Herbert Samuel, Postmaster General, in a paper read to the British Association on Federal Government, declared that the conclusion had often been drawn that natural evolu tion was towards centralisation. Tim was wrong and harmful. It was really through decentralisation that the unity of the British Empire was preserved. Federalism must play a leading part in dealing with Empire problems, bui the creation of Federal executives war surrounded with the most formidable difficulties. Could statesmen drawn from dominions as members of the Em piro Executive conduct at the centre current business and keep such a clos< touch with their countries as to remain authoritative exponents of then views ?
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 13, 7 September 1912, Page 5
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