EXHIBITION OF 1915.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1013, 31 December 1910, Page 6

EXHIBITION OF 1915.

A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW' OF EMPIRE,. 1

The project for holding a ffre&t tiaw ! Fn ' Esh .'W tio n- in London ? 1910 is rapidly, making headway, and at a noteworthy meeting of the. Royal Colonial Institute on November 14 the ihll! aS se V° th | s lm Portant proposal,. tl» B'Tfi 11,0 cordial support of' the High Commissioners and AgentsQesneral of the oversea States as well aa ? j a^ f , 9 dy. of, public meii-oF-.all shades of political opinion. At that meeting which was' presided' over by, Lord Strathcona, Sir Pieter ..Bam announced "that one stfohc' Tm. perialist, who desired not to have his name - disclosed, had " offered to im-« £5000 if.£lo,ooo further could be.col--lected on. the working guarantee list.. Un tlie proposition of Lord Blyth '1 seconded by Sir H. . Kimber,: Xori btrathcona was unanimously Selectedpresident. Sir P. Stewart-Bam was ap-. pointed chairman, and Lord Blyth de-puty-chairman.

In._ a sense (says 'the "Standard of Empire") the project-Las grown, out of the South African Products Exhibition in London- three years ago, of *vliich Sir '.Pieter Stewart-Bam was chairman. • ; >The. success of that exhibition seemed to Sir. Pieter to warrant tho extension of tie idea, and. the. year. 1915 was fixed upon in order that it -might, hot clash with, any other great public function of a similar character. The' date is'one of no small historical importance.-. It will mark. the.twenty-, first, birthday of the Prince of; Wales, the centenary of Waterloo, and ' the seven hundredth anniversary of tho signing of Magna Charta. THE RESOURCES OF THE EMPIRE. '. The main idea of .the scheme is that all parts of the Empire shall compete in a friendly .way in. order to showexactly what can bo produced and. manufactured by the Oversea Domin-' ions, and afford, as it. were, a'bird'seye..view of the marvellously varied re- : sources of Great ,and ' Greater Britain., Prominent public men will, it is pro-' posed, visit all parts of the King's Doniiniqjis .and seek to interest every section of the Empire in,a.project of such far-reaching importance.. England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales will take, of course, their part. ;in 1 the scheme, and it is also proposed,. duringtho run of the exhibition, to hold congresses .on agriculture, forestry, manufactures,- shipping, education, tho'press, ~ and other matters of Imperial interest, at which representative men will be able to exchange views on all Topics tending to the development of Imperial resources and the unity bf Empire. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain has written wishing the scheme every, success, and so also have Mr. Winston Churchill and Colonel Scely,. Under-Secretary. of State for Greater Britain. The High Commissioners for j Africa, Australia, and Isew have joined the committee, have promised to givo every possible assi!st-; ance. Lord Strathcona has helped m .'a great .way to get P r « m . me °V C^® d 'i"! interested in the movement Hill, who is a member of the temper arv committee, went to Canada .early m, August, and, was there ab.e to ge many prominent people terested in the scheme. The Lora Mayor of London' is'.also interesting; himself in the project, and Has the committee, and it lias been to hold a great meeting at the -Majis on . House next year, ,in order to put the whole scheme before, the public. .