DOMINION MINISTERS
CONFERENCE IN ENGLAND UNION OF DEMOCRACIES PRESERVATION OF PEACE \s=n.—Lice. Tpl. ronvriffht) (Received Nov. 3, 3.15 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 2 For the first time in history Dominion Ministers sat among British Parliamentarians, when Hon. P. Fraser (New Zealand) and other Dominion representatives occupied seats adjoining the Dominions’ Gallery in the House of Commons to hear Mr Chamberlain’s war review. The Speaker later entertained the Dominion Ministers at tea. Mr C. R. Attlee welcomed the Dominion and Indian representatives on behalf of the Opposition. He said it was of great value materially and spiritually that these great democratic peoples should be supporting the common cause. The more Britain consulted them on pressing matters of war and the best way of securing and preserving an enduring peace, the better it would be. He supported Mr Chamberlain’s expression of gratitude for the Empire’s offers of help. He added it-was a striking demonstration that the strength of the ties of peoples of different races, languages and religions depended on freedom, not compulsion. It was their duty to keep that conception of freedom alive and spread it further throughout the whole Empire.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20952, 3 November 1939, Page 6
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