NEW PORTFOLIO.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18407, 13 June 1925, Page 15

NEW PORTFOLIO.

.——- {jOSBNIONS' AFFAIRS. '< f I COLONIAL OFFICE y CHANGES. . l ,• I • '/.mttr-nw' ASSOCIATION— COmjQHT.) fP 1-ELEOaAHS.) ,y/ LONDON, June 11, la tho House of Common*, Mr Baldi ' tho Government had coa- ' W« a that the C3datine organisation Colonial Office was no longer in jnespondence with the actual constir lotional position of the Empire, and was 'iideqwte to the extent and variety thrown on it. It fell short more * Wienlariy in distinguishing Jjctwcen yio\k of consultation and co-opcra- ' tan with the Dominions and tho adjnjujjtrative work of the protectorates. ' it ww proposed, therefore, that the of Dominions' affairs should ' fonder a new Secretary of State for Affairs, with his own Par-Under-Secretary, who would ilso set if Chairman of tho Overseas g(ttlement Committee. jf|tr the sajte of convenience the new V would continue to b$ ynte4 io Amery (present Colonial | t , js#etary), &nd woijld be housed in the j.' ©M* l °#ce- ; -.flying to Mr Bamgay Macdonald, f ■ &sked whether the Dominions had agreed to the change, Mr Baldwin said lbs Government had been communicate ' ia&wtth thero throughout. He hoped Art t}jo matter would bp discussed on ' ftp Colonial Office vote.

Australian Press Association « i(W tjpt Mr Amery will concentrate 7 affairs, and that the Hon. $/G, A. Ormsby-Gore will take over matters. Clarendon is being freely menas the new Parliamentary XJjider- > who ia expected to become js|}nn*n of the Overseas Settlement - 1 I SfPCH BY MR AMERY. ' -A (isßfiAim* ixo x.z. culm assocjahox.) Si J,.- 1 * $ 'Jjtoctfved dun© 12th, 7.5 u '

';V LONDON, Juae ft. 'i'-Jfr Amery* speech at the Corona, *' t Cfo{), said the reconstruction of the . Office was only an outward . ilgn Of a process which had been matfor some time. He pointed , 'otjrt tb&t there was a fundamental difbetween consultation with the nations in .the Commonwealth ' tjie administption and develpptho colonies for which Pariiar wm directly responsible. The !||re|rraßgement would benefit the Colo-;-la'no le&j tjlan the Dominions. Wo on the threshold of a great doand expansion of our CoI J

rm&ESS COMMMENT. •■< APPROVED. OF-DOMINIONS. Jf,r. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) f|?K*(Be?Bivod Juno 12th, 5.5 p.m.) . ' LONDON, June 11. i'jjioUtical correspondent of the I R states: Though Mr hfo title will actually bo Secretary |te for Dominions, and colonies, {popularly bo known as Secretary %for Dotniiiions, and will devote ijtf'l; sart of his time to Dorninions' '/•-'Morning Post" editorially re•l Tho departure is an acknoW- j tyt' - that the old feeling of deofte, justly resented by the Dopow no justification whatfacilitate co-operative res for reducing expense and expression and greater Ho tho unity of the Empire and determination. editorial concludes: Wo hope Amery: will be able torcgulariy fetho Dominions. Herald" says that, from viewpoint, the new Dojnis, long overdue. .Dominions are no longer chiibe kept in,the nursery. Reof the independent natiobCan&da, Australia and New They always felt t|e 1 Colonial Office' was the ?ame. "Whether it is wisio to ' the new oitice in Mr Ainery'fi §§§§2's i» another matter. He does not the Dominions' view l still believes'that the Emheld' together b" the reeking iron §hard, and talks oldatUif about a strong navy, > statesmen roga#d Mr & beipg fifty years behind tlio India must also bo given Dpm|||J|»a status as soon as possible, makyindm Office a 'memory of an Esp?ess"- says"TJie anwill inspiro the great self--B^PyMlß>' with fajth and. new have long ago attained tho and* stature; of nationhood, tJalonial Office has been for a; a grotesquely inaccurate The Dominions will naturnow Department to be energy and initiative. to be learned from its ihare plain. The Hoiise oi '.-tb. give the problem new oriontationj. ana the rise to ; a new height with all their might to lift from the ancfciit The ' a' healthy interest in of Empire and it is posLabour may shake itself the shackles of the obsolete! policy ,fti>d stretch oiit d to the great sisterhood which is tho ripest exprea: at fit oir n&t cdliuui.) '' WILL COMB TO ■'(. pap. puppiy Caihedral MaTOW:-.llß»ericoß.. but if not miflilyYol). price to 11. P.. Stpvens, Christchurch. The large 240z econoniicaL —<»