IMPERIAL CABINET

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 10, 7 October 1943, Page 5

IMPERIAL CABINET

Urged By Newspapers In London (Received October 6, 10.20 p.m.) (LONDON, October 6. “The welcome arrival here of FieldMarshal Smuts seems a good moment to urge again the formation of a permanent Imperial Cabinet,” says the “Daily Mail” in a leading, article. “The counsel of General iSmuts and the other Dominion statesmen has ibeen invaluable but unfortunately intermittent. We shall need eloser contact -with the Dominions in the future years, aud' it can be obtained only if some of their best men are in session in Izondon. We feel that this development is (bound to come after the war.” “The Times” in a leading article says that General -Smuts’s arrival should be an earnest of far-reaching developments. ‘’Mr. Churchill has told Parliament that Britain regards a meeting of the Empire Prime Ministers as an important immediate objective.” it states. “Most of the (Prime Ministers have emerged from the recent elections with their tenure of office confirmed: they have been freed for a considerable time—even in New Zealand and Australia, where the direct menace of the enemy has only partially been lifted —to withdraw temporarily from the national administration and (bring a contribution to the common pool.” “The Times” adds that the more prosperous state of the war has trade the meeting physically and politically easier and has also increased the urgency of the consultation.