A COMMON CROWN.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18898, 13 January 1927, Page 13

A COMMON CROWN.

EQUALITY AND UNITY. RESULTS OF IMPERIAL CONFERENCE. (fboji our own correspondent.) LONDON, December 4. In the' House of Commons a few days ago, Sir If. Brittain asked the Secretary of State for the Dominions whether he could make a statement with regard to results achieved by the Imperial Conference. Mr Amery said that he might summarise the general outcome of the Conference in a few words, and added: — ■ "Basing ourselves on the two cardinal principles which govern the relationship between Great Britain and the Dominions, namely, their complete equality of status and their unity under a common Crown, we have succeeded in giving clearer expression to that equality in matters of constitutional procedure, while we have arrived at practical conclusions in our methods of co-operation in foreign affairs, in defence, in migration, in trade and communications, and in scientific research, which will, I believe, contribute greatly to the strengthening of our unity." Mr Thurtle (Soc, Shorcditch): Is it not the best comment that the Empire exists now only in name? Mr Amery: Certainly not. Empire Migration. Mr Amery, in reply to Mr Short (Soc, Wcdnesbury), said the total number of persons who had been assisted to emigate under the Empire Settlement Act during the. period from January Ist to September 30th, 1926, was .'52,750. Included in this number were 5590 families (consisting of 20,648 individuals), who wont to Australia and New Zealand.