HERTZOG PRAISES THE IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17995, 4 November 1926, Page 5

HERTZOG PRAISES THE IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

COMMITTEES TOIL UNREMITTINGLY ON MANY SUBJECTS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Aus. and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received November 4. 1.35 p.m.) LONDON, November 3. Speaking at the Indian Union’s luncheon to-day General Hertzog quoted the phrase, “To know man is not to be able to hate him.** Then he went on to emphasise the value of the Imperial Conference, enabling them not only to know one another better, but to appreciate one another’s problems, weaknesses and disappointments. He added: “ When we reach that stage as nations and as individuals, a great many bickerings and misunderstandings will cease.” How earnestly the various committees of the Imperial Conference are striving to reach such a stage of mutual understanding is revealed by the fact that virtually the whole of this week has been given over to committee work. The postponement of the defence debate, originally fixed for to-morrow, has been ascribed to other reasons, but the actual fact is that the committees are so closely at grips with their remitted subjects that it is felt undesirable to interrupt their work. Some of them may be ready to make a tentative report to the short plenary session on Friday, before the Premiers go to Manchester to receive the freedom of the city, but the Inter-Imperial relations Committee will carry on the work well into next week. The official announcer to-day gave the barest information that the Imperial Relations Committee had held a meeting, which is understood to have again been very protracted, lasting till 6.30.