DOMINIONS’ STATUS

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 121, 15 February 1921, Page 5

DOMINIONS’ STATUS

COMMON CONSULTATION THE NEW PRINCIPLE

SOLVING THE EMPIRE’S PROBLEMS

By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright. London, February 12. Presiding at the English-speaking Unions’ dinner to Lord Reading, Mr. Winston Churchill said the new principle concerning the Dominions was common consultation regarding the difficulties of any one, and no final decision concerning the status of one of the Empire’s nations could he taken without consulting .all tho Dominions who share with' ihe Motherland' the responsibility of decisions on great and dominant questions affecting the common fortunes of the whole Empire. The principle might be found to have usefulness concerning parts of the Empire which were widely different, as Ireland and Egypt. We all knew the need of unity as an aid to solving our problems.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. London, February 13. Mr. Churchill added that he was hopeful and confident that in a few years our present difficulties in Ireland and Egypt would be greatly diminished, and the nations which now Toproach and are a stumbling-block to the supreme cause may" be found, by managing . their own affairs, unfolding their own destiny, peaceful and prosperous within the elastic circle of the Empire.—Reuter. CHANGE OF POLICY IN EGYPT. London, February 13. Considerable importance is {attached to Mr. Churchill’s speech. It is regarded as ihe overthrow of the Milner policy in Egypt, the abandonment . f the scheme of disinterestedness in that country, and keeping Egypt within Ithe Empire; and that the Dominions vFill be consulted concerning both Ireland and Egypt at the forthcoming conference.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. DOMINIONS’YOTES AT PEACE CONFERENCE MR. GOMPERS’S VIEWS. New York, February 12. Mr. Gompers, in a speech at Philadelphia, referring to the Peace Conference, defended the granting of a. separate vote to each British Dominion. He declared that they- were more often with than against progress, and more often with the United States than England. They' went into ihe Conference as States and were entitled to that status. Dregless was safeguarded by British possessions receiving a vote. —Reuter.