IMPERIAL UNITY.
ANEW BOND. MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S VIEWS. ENTIRE CHANGE IN PUBLIC LIFE. (BY TBLfcOttAftt—HlESS ASBOOUTIOH—COPTttIaHI.) (Roc. May 25, 0.56 a.m.) -. ; , . London, May 24. A 72-pago Empire Day number has boon issued (by tho "Standard" P). It contains articles dealing with all phases of Imperial life. Tho Commonwealth: States' and Now Zealand have large advertisements. Mr. Chamberlain, in a epeciaJ letter, states: — .< -.■.-. , "Our great aggregations of humanity are sealing a new bond, whereby they declare that they will follow tbo same interests undor tho same Has. This must of necessity commenco with. defence. Commercial union will probably precede political union, Now Zoaland's offer, which was received somewhat ungraciously by tho Government, is a new feature equivalent to a.contribution of 80 million sterling from Britain. It is not only munificent in itself, but shows the price' the Dominion places.on the maintenance of the present standard of , naval defence. Henceforth, eleven million Britishers overseas must be considered with ourselves. This feature oJ British development will involve an entire ohangein our public life and its objocts." : ■-~- : .- .-; •..;" > .■■-■ .
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 516, 25 May 1909, Page 7
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172IMPERIAL UNITY. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 516, 25 May 1909, Page 7
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