THE PACIFIC.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15519, 24 May 1918, Page 3

THE PACIFIC.

ADDRESS BY SIR THOMAS MACKENZIE. Australian and N.Z- Cable Association. LONDON, May 22. Sir Thomas Mackenzie, addressing the Edinburgh and Leith Chambers of Commerce and Edinburgh Merchants’ Company on “The Pacific as an Important Sphere of British Influence,” deplored the past statesmanship which had lest us Samoa and New Guinea, indicating the necessity of obtaining and acting oa overseas' opinion on such matters. New Zealand had arranged that after the war there would be an embargo on German goods. Suggestions from overseas at the Imperial Conference before the war for effective unity met with little resopnse at the hands of the Itnjerial Government. The war had shown the urgency for giving the overseas dominions some and share in the responsibility. The Dominions were shareholders in the Empire, and should have representation on the board of directors.