TO VISIT N.Z.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18416, 24 June 1925, Page 8

TO VISIT N.Z.

MR AMERY PLANS TOUR NEXT YEAR. (BY CABLE TRUSS ASS.'C! \7IOS—COriMOST.) ;r> t:i'Ter."s tei.eoa a: s. > LONDON". Juno 2C. .Mr Amery. Secret arv of Stato for Poinini! ns' Ailaiis. in the lourso of a s]hv'.'!i. .-aid he Icped to visit. Australia and Now Zealand in li'-i". .Hi' suggested ihat the Dominions would eventually follow >-;: c and delegate Imperial relations to a special Minister.

I?efemng i<> difficulties in connexion with adequate consultation, ho pointed out that, lie had hoped lor an Empire Conference on the Gene\a Protocol, but the difficulties rendered it. impossible. If problems could i>"t be solved bv personal consultation they must be solved in the best way possible by correspondence, tho British Government taking such responsibility as it U'lt was ii-5 duty towards tho Empire, after ascertaining a.s far as possible tho views ot" every part of the Empire. If a great opportunity tor stabilising tho peace of Kurope slipped away, tho British Government would bo responsible. not only to tho people of Britain but to tho whole Empire, for tho pc«tiblo dangers of war difficulties.

CHANGES OVERDUE. STATEMENT OX COLONIAL OFFICE. (AVSTBAMAS AND X". CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received June 23rd, 7.2-3 p.IIIA LONDON, Juno 22. At- a New Zealand dinner, Mr Amery mado an important reference to the changes at the Colonial Office, which ho described as a stop long due—possibly overdue. There had been a protests of evolution since Mr Dcakin'a resolution wassubmitted to tho Imperial Conferenco in ISO 7, and reintroduced in 1911. It did not- then moot with tho support of tho Colonial Office and was not pressed. Since then the case for clear division between tho work of consultation with tho Dominions and controlling tho administration of the colonics had grown far more pressing. The Government had gono beyond tho 1911 resolution and esta'bli-shed separate Secretaries of State.

Although the offices wero vested in the same person for purposes of convenience, they might in future be held by separate persons, or by some other Minister wlioso duties wero not so heavy. He disagreed with tho suggestion that tho Departmental aspect of Dominions' work should bo added to the already overburdened Primo Minister. Tho suggestion would deprive the latter of the assistance of a responsible Cabinet colleague who was able to keep Imperial issues effectively repre-. seated in Parliament and personally to conduct relationships with: ».i tho Dominions' representatives.