"A GLOW OF PRIDE."

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13929, 12 June 1909, Page 2

"A GLOW OF PRIDE."

Mr. Balfour, speaking at a luncheon nnd proposing the toasts of "The Guests," said tho debates of the pnsi «<ek upon Imperial defence must have caused a glow of pride among every man with Imperial instincts. Everybody recognised the parental stage townrds the colonies was over. It had )iow reached a stage of formal equality. Ho was unable even to conceive what form the general closer organisation nnd unity of the Empire should take, hut for purposes of defence it might take the shape of the development of o defence committee, on which the voice of men with colonial experience had already proved of great value. Mr. J. O. Fairfax (Sydney), respondi"<r said the delegates were struck very forcibly with the way that party linos, if not obliterated, were yet comp'ftely ignored. They had heard much ; uhirh" would help them io imprpss Imperial ideas upon the people of their own land. He referred to Lord Cnrzm's and Lord Milner's tour of Canpdn a id hoped other pro-consuls would follow the example and visit the other dominions. , , The Duke of Wellington's garden p-irty at Apsley House included amInssiulors and the foreign officers competing at the Olympia proceedings. In the evening Mr. Balfour, Earl Crewe, Lord Northcote, . and others Five small dinner parties to the deleKites and the ladies. Tater the delefite«i were present nt the Duchess of P ithprland's reception at Stafford House, 2000 being present.