SIR JAMES ALLEN

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XVIII, Issue 5962, 13 July 1920, Page 2

SIR JAMES ALLEN

ENTERTAINED IN LONDON ANGLO-COLONIAL GATHERING. THE BONDS OF EMPIRE. (Australian and N.Z. Gable.) (Received July 13, 8.50 a.m.) LONDON, Juliy 12. Sir Thomas Mackenzie presided at an Austrauan-New Zealand'luncheon to Sir James Alien, the new High Ctimmis- * siouer for New Zealand, at Connaught : Rooms. Lords Bryce,. Blythe, and Is- I lington, Cbijonel Amery (Ufnder-Secre- * tary for the Colonies), Sir J. Ward, Sir j J. Mills, the Agents-General, and, many i Anglo-New Zealanders and Ahglo-Aus- i traliang wer© present. Sir Thomas Mackenzie said h© was sure that Siir James Allen would be received with the isamc hospitality and courtesy 'that he had received, and he wished him well. Colonel Amery, in proposing Sir James Allen’s health said he regretted Sir Thomfeis Mackienzie’s djeparture. Sir Thomas would carry with him the good wishes of those with whom he had come in contact. In welcoming Sir James Allen ho paid a tribute to the work he had done in New Zealand as Minister of Defence and Acting-Premier. New Zealand’s record in the war was beyond all credit. Sir James Allen had heavy sacrifices to make during the war, and he now came to England at a critical period of the relations within the empire. There were many problems to solve, but the men who counted in the empire should be in personal touch with each other. If these problems wer e to be satisfactorily solved, and a single Imperial policy evolved, it was a wise tiling for New Zealand to send a man in such close touch with New Zealand's views aild aspirations. Therefor© he cordially Welcomed their guqst Sir James Allen replying, 'testified to the great work of his predecessor, which ■ the Government fully recognised, and for which he wished personally to thank him. New Zealand was intensely loyal to the motherland, and willing 'bo he.p her in all her needs. That loyalty could best be maintained by closer contact between the statesmen of the various units. Ho had no doubt lumped that j the empire would outgrow all its treu- , hies through 'the great genius with ’ which the motherland always met changes as they rose.