NEW ZEALAND CLUB LUNCH.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1416, 17 April 1912, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND CLUB LUNCH.

OUR HACE-WHY IT WINS.

Yesterday the New Zealand Club cnteiS fained nt lunchoou, in the Tiffin Dooms, Mv. K. Durand, an author and traveller wiio is at iiresciit on a visit to Now Zea« land. Mr. 1 , . C. Froeth was chairman. Luncheon over, Mr. Durand delivered ii. brief address on "Tho Anglo-Saxon aj ii Coloniser." It wns a little difficulty ho said, (o understand why tho British nipo had been so successful in the field ol colonisation. They wero not so hard* working us the Italians, not so clover as the French, not so well-educated as the Germans, and in manners tho British wero not so courteous as tho Spaniards, Yet tho British always seemed to come out on top somehow. One. reason for thie success was that the word of en hnglislw man could be trusted. Illustrating Ihie point, Mr. Durand related that a resident in the Philippines had onco told him Ihaq the Spaniards in those islands, when they wanted to bo very emphatic, saw. "On tho word of an Englishman, Scuor. Tho Anglo-Saxon, when he embarked on any enterprise, did not stop to thina whether he was going to bo comfortable or not. Confronted by a difficulty, the true Anglo-Saxon said, "Let us have a shot, at it." British common sense ad counted for a great deal of the success, of British colonisation. The bpaniarasj and oilier races had searched the world for gold, but the English had searched it for homes. Also, tho English were first to rpaliso that honest trade was cheaper than forced labour. The British Govern. mew had almost always liecu reluctant to colonise. It only look over tho West Indies because it wauled to Keep the pirates in order, and Australia because, it wanted a place in which to dump its couvicls It would not have taken New Zea« land at all but for tho fact that some people were determined to bo New Zealandcr.«. Mr. Durand stated that in his trav. vh he had invariably found extension of Uritif.h Imperial rule the precursor of peace, security, and prosperity. On concluding liis address, Mr. D"n<nd was thanked by the chairman, on behalf of tho member's of the club.