A NEW COMMONWEALTH.
CONFEDERATION OF BRITISH AMERICA. IMPORTANT SCHEME KEPOETEP. Catle—£cses Association—CooyrigM.) (Auilr»lian fed W.Z. Cable AtsocMicm.) (Received May 25th, 9.15 p.m.) WASHINGTON, May 24. The establishment of a confederation of British-American countries, to include all the British colonies of the Bahamas, Barbadoes, Bermuda, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, Trinidad, the Windward Islands, and possibly British Guiana, is reported l here to be under consideration/
British Dominions and possessions in North, South, and Central America to be united into a Commonwealth of British America is the latest development of the ifaion begun by the* Canadian Confederation in 1867.
Representatives of the British possessions in America attended a conference in Ottawa lasKyoar, when the trade agreement between Canada and the Wosfc Indies was made. It is planned to convert this agreement into a political union.
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17155, 26 May 1921, Page 7
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133A NEW COMMONWEALTH. Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17155, 26 May 1921, Page 7
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