IMPERIAL CONFERENCE

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 272, 11 August 1921, Page 5

IMPERIAL CONFERENCE

REVIEWED BY MR. MASSEY JAPANESE TREATY AND PEACE OF WORLD EMPIRE COMMUNICATIONS By Telegraph—Press Association—Oonvright (Rec. August 10, 7.35 p.m.) London, August 10. Mr. Massey, reviewing the Imperial Conference, said several misunderstandings had been removed. The representatives had learned much from each other and of tho different viewpoints of the several countries within the Empire. At the commencement there seemed to be an idea amongst a small section of the public in the Dominions that the United Kingdom representatives intended to interfere in some unexplained way with tho autonomy of the younger nations. There was not a scintilla of truth in this. The Anglo-Japanese Treaty was thrashed out. He thought he was justified in saying that the weight of opinion was that the peace of tho world would most likely be secured by a continuance of the present arrangement, unless a tripartite arrangement could be agreed upon by Britain, America, and Japan. Ho had no hesitation in saying that something in that way would be the best thing that could possibly happen. He trusted that what the Conference did regarding tho most important question of Empire communications would be followed by tangible results. Airships should bo exploited, cables cheapened, and wireless developed. There was also a need for faster shipping services, with lower freights—United Service. (Rec. August 10, 10.59 p.m.) London, August 10. Commenting on the Empire Conference, Air Massey savs much of the work was naturally ‘confidential, and cannot be disclosed. The representatives saw more clearly the tremendous possibilities ot the Empire as a whole. They realised the corresponding responsibility of those entrusted with the management and control of its different parts, so they maybe able to work together as one great Power for the r-od- of citizens and all the peoples of the world. He believed tho conference would tend to hasten the restoration of normal conditions to British countries. If the Washington conference could bring about bipartite arrangement between Britain, America, and Japan, much progress would bo mad? towards the millennium. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. INCONVENIENCE OF PREMIERS MEETING IN LONDON GATHERINGS IN CANADA AND CAPE TOWN SUGGESTED. (Rec. August 10, 7.35 p.m.) London, August 9. "The Times,” in an editorial, referring to complaints 'from the Dominions of the inconvenience entailed by the absence of their Premiers m London, says: “There is a substantial danger of reaction in the Dominions, P art ’ culal ’ ly in Australia and New Zealand. But the meetings for consultation are indispensable, and a way must bo found to reconcile them with local preoccupations, lhe Premiers might possibly experiment with a meeting in Canada. Even Capo town might be tried next year, but at the best such a change) would be no more than an expedient. Tho real hope lies in the development of swift air travelling. —“The Times."