IMPERIAL RELATIONS.
i THE DOMINIONS' NEW STATUS. Received April 26. 9.5 p.m. LONDON, April 26. Mr. Berridale Keith, writing on Imperial relations, states that the Peace Conference’s recognition of . the international status of the Dominions and the formation of a Leaigue of Nations has accelerated in an unprecedented manner the process of development of Imperial relations, compelling the Dominions to assume a status for which tha?' are net fully prepared. This is most conclusively evinced by the unwillingness of any dominion—even Australia—to face the burden of a just share in the cost of naval defence. Years must elapse before the United Kingdom can expect any serious aid in this direction, except possibly from Australia. The immediate problem before the coming Imperial Conference is to devise some reasonable and effectual way to co-ordination of Imperial and foreign policy. The Dominions’ statesmen must realise that international status implies that foreign politics must now occupy their serious attention, from a broader point of view than mere dominions’ interest, but the process will be gradual, as it must be the outcome of spontaneous evolution in the public feeling of the Dominions.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18163, 27 April 1921, Page 5
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