FEDERATION LEAGUE.
London, March 22.
Lord Rosebery, presiding at a meet- 1 ing of tbe Federation League, stated i thaa the Defence Committee, of which Lord Brassey had been elected President, would shortly make a report to the League. Lord Rosebery urged the importance ot securing the safety of colonial interests m the event of war, and thought it more important at the present juncture to cultivate sympathy with colonial aims than to give colonists seats m the British Parliament. He thought it would be difficult for any man to say whether within the next decade Home or Colonial influence would predominate m the British Empire. Lord Brassey, m the course of a speech on the occasion, said that during his recent tour of the Australian colonies he had conversed with the leading public men of Australia on the aims and aspects of the Federation Leagne, and he had been assured by the Premier and Chief Secretary of Victoria that Colonial Ministers approved the policy of the League. Lord Stanley also spoke, and srrongly advocated the desirableness of giving the colonies direct representation m the British Parliament.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1797, 23 March 1888, Page 2
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187FEDERATION LEAGUE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1797, 23 March 1888, Page 2
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