PRESS CONFERENCE

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 173, 17 April 1920, Page 7

PRESS CONFERENCE

A REPRESENTATIVE GATHERING , IMPORTANT SUBJECTS TO BE. .:"■;.; CONSIDERED. . ißy Telegraph-Press .AEsociaiioa-Cppyright (Bee. April 16, 9.5 p.m.) .. London, April 14. ■_.Lord Atholstan lms -. arrived from CamtdH. to- discuss with Lord Burnhain ■final arrangements, for-the Press Conference at Ottawa, Lord Atholstan expresses himself. anxious to secure full .representation-of- the■ British Press ! as well as that of other parts of the Em•pire. Over a hundred visiting journal-ists-will':participate'.'. " •"■..■■ ••■ - The ■• Australian Press Association understands that the'Conferen6e promises to .transcend its predecessor, in importance, mainly,, owing to,.the. vital. issues .raised by. the,.war, notably in regard to .better, .cheaper,,,arid .quicker•"telegraphic .communication. . It is .understood that the..conference,,will- emphasise,the ■necessity of a duplication of the Pacific : cable:• as a matter'of l supreme urgency, also the need for' a fuller exchange of news between the units of'the Empire. It; is hoped that the strongest 1 delegation will assemble. The conference may also consider the ; "possibility of obbining.papei .Supplies 'withm' -the Empire,. thus securing independence'- of' foreign 'sources.— 'Au's.-N.Z. Cable Aesh. : .

5 establishment of. a community. of '■::::-;■:■■ ; ; :iJDeas_ - -.■..•,- ■MOKAE UNITY OF' THE EMPIRE. 1■ ■ • '•'' London, April 15. 'Lord Atholstan, chairman-of the Imperial Press Conference to be held in Canada, 'was entertained at luncheon at the Savoy in connection with the British • Newspaper. .Proprietors' Conference. Lord Burnham presided, ; and the guests ■included the; Duke of-Devonshire, Lord Milner, Sir G. H. Pe.rley .(High Commissioner .for Canada), Sir Thomas Mackenzie- (High Commissioner for New Zealand), Mr,;. A. Fisher (High ■Commissioner for Australia), and the editors and : .managers- of, a hundred-British and.Dominion newspapers. Lord Burnham,-in ■ toasting "Lord Atholstan, expressed the' hope that, the,,, conference" at .Ottawa would continue the-splendid work.of the' first conference t'or'the general good of the Empire. Lord Atholstan, replying, said (Jut .Britain.was : best.able to slate how the ■Press! Conference:would benefit, tho,Em■pire.: He thougiit.it would bs even, more profitable than the -first, land that it would result in increasing . emigration rather than in the.lowering'.of the Press ■ cable- rates. • ... .-,-.

; Lord Milner, proposing' the toast of "Canada," said .that the war had wit-' •nessed the rise of a. new and.great Power destined to .influence increasinely., thecouncils of the Empire. A -world Press Conference was., most.Taiuable for establishing a community of-ideas/ to which was attributable" the .marvellous way. in : which the whole Empire pulled together in the hour of-tilal. In the absence of .■a common Council for the..-Empire'.the moral unity of the . Empire depended hugely on the success of .the Press of the Euipire.-in .evolving n 'common, stock, of ideas regarding future great problems. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assii.