AUSTRALIA'S LONDON EMBASSY

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2138, 2 May 1914, Page 5

AUSTRALIA'S LONDON EMBASSY

SIR GEORGE REID ENTERTAINED

BRITAIN AND HER PEOPLE

By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright London, April 30. At tho Royal Colonial lustituto a City luncheon was hold to wolconio Sir Georgo Rcid (High Commissioner for the Commonwealth), who recently returned from a visit to Australia. Thero was a record gathoring, including tho Agents-General for tho Australian States, Lord Emmott (Under-Secre-tary of State for the Colonies), Admiral iSir" Reginald Henderson (who some time ago reported on Australia's defences), Admiral Sir Edmund Eromantle, Liou-tenant-Genoral Sir Edward Huttoii (0110timo commander of tho military forces of Australia), Sir Albert Spicer, and Sir John Fuller (ex-Governor of Victoria). \ Sir Georgo Rcid, replying to tlio toast of his health, said tho lessons learned by tlia crisis in 1593 were seoYi in the stability of Australian finance to-day. Australia was never moro progressive or prosperous. Ho made an eloquent plea for self-sacrifice and far-sightedness in tho development of tho Empire. The speaker's indirect references _ to Ulster wero loudly checred. Looking around tho Empire, one could teee it was not in India, Africa, or tlvb overseas Dominions where unrest was found. "Englishmen aro an extraordinary people; though they cannot a;jreo among themselves, they can manago; tho affairs of 360 millions of people." 'Sir Georgo concluded with. ail appeal to Imperial statesmen to hold tho Empitie free from internal conflagrations, hnd not dig Tip black hatreds at a moment when the moss was growing green ovjer them.