GENIUS OF BRITISH

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 510, 13 November 1928, Page 13

GENIUS OF BRITISH

DIFFICULTIES SOLYED DOMINIONS* BIGGER ROLE /Australian and N.Z. Press Association)' (United Bervice) OTTAWA, Sunday. A banquet was tendered to the British Foreign Secretary, Sir Austen Chamberlain, by the Canadian Government. In the course of a speech the visitor said the genius of the British race, formed of long habit and deeprooted in the past, had enabled the British peoples to- confront their difficulties and to solve them. As between the titles British Empire and British Commonwealth of Nations, Sir Austen said he preferred the latter because it meant that each constituent part of the Empire was free to ; Pursue its common interest for the Commonwealth. However, the daily interests of each part of the Empire were but a fraction of those for which tne Commonwealth existed and by which it was justified. The Minister said he was glad the Dominions were playing an increasing roie in the world's affairs. Such a situation contained in it the elements of th ßer ’ k® had profound faith that, somehow, always their commonsense would solve difficulties as they arose.