EMPIRE WILL SURVIVE,

Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18703, 1 August 1932, Page 6

EMPIRE WILL SURVIVE,

IF OTTAWA FAILS. .; r VISCOUNT HAILSHAM’S WARNING* , -y COMBATED IN CANADA. 1 United Press Assn. — Elec, Tel. Copyright, OTTAWA, July 30. The Ottawa morning journal states that Viscount Hailsham was tatking nonsense when he predicted the breakup of the Empire within his lifetime in the event of the failure of the Economic Conference. The paper says the Empire is based upon the will or Its various peoples. It has survived many shocks. Differences may exist, but they will pass, and as long as the Empire upholds the principles or sacredness of contracts, faith in the pledged word, justice, freedom and fair play, Imperial Conferences may come and go with varying degrees or success or failure, but the Empire wilt survive. The Ottawa Citizen says It regrets the signs that members of the conference are not ready for “ tariff disarmament.” Australia, it says, endeavoured to put pressure on Britain hy describing the British position as a tardy‘response to what Australia had done. Tha British reply on Thursday gave impressive evidence to the contrary. It mut be an onerous task for the leaders of the delegations to find themselves compelled ’to make demands where they would much rather offer mutual aid, says the paper, but so long as they regard themselves as agents of tariff nationalism they can do little else.