THE PRESS DELEGATES.

Thames Star, Volume XLV, Issue 10241, 7 June 1909, Page 2

THE PRESS DELEGATES.

Our cables to-day provide us with preliminary detaiils 1 of thei universal welcome whioh is being accorded to iPress delegates from all parts of th» British >Elmipire, who are assembled in conference this mionth. The gathering was a sometwhat remarkable one in thait (Lord Rosebery, who, it may b» said, has praotiaadly retired from, active politic, mialde what is described as a remarkable spelecih. Lord Ro*&ibiery isi indeed a brilliant speaker, Isuithia political flights are somew'aat meteoric and in consequence he has not reached the position that his aibilities ciertainly fit him -/or. It was a speech' in which huimour was appropriately <ting©d with patriotio feeling. We qjuite understandi that Lord Rosebery did not wash to strike a discordant note, but he certainly conveyed' to his visitors, if the cables are read correctly, the intimation that the present Government did not know sufficient of the aspirations of itie oversea) dominions; of their future, their amibitions, and their destinies. The picture he drew of th* British Carliatinent closing up fee 'House of Commons and the House of Lorda for a given period and touring the world" in search of information was striking even if it were laucrhaible. There is unq,uestionia'bly ai lack of understanding amongst the leaders

at Home asi to colonial conditions and ambitiona Elven Lord Rosebery himself mosy hare on erroneous impression as to what Canada, Australia, South Africa, India andi ?Tew Zealand are striving for, but undoubtedly he reaogruses that a feeling of strong patriotism)!, not' quite understood by __ others is existing, and' ie fully appreciated by him. Of course before' fhe tearminiatioin of the Press Delegates' mission., ty» Eitiglaind many misapprehensions will be removed, and a miubh better and mor« pienerous feeling will assuredly exist. iAlmionest the dtelega-tes are men of large capacity, high" chfliraater, and eleivaitied aspiration*, end with their assistance will be disseminated throughout Great Britain at_ sentiment that will bring; in alas© contact the 'Mother Country amid her over-sea dominions, andi will do an incalculable amount of good in binding us together in the bond of unity and loyalty.