CANADA'S ATTITUDE

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 136, 10 June 1937, Page 9

CANADA'S ATTITUDE

FOREIGN POLICY i

DOUBLY UNFORTUNATE

NEED FOR EMPIRE UNITY

DISAPPOINTMENT IN LONDON

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LONDON, June S>,

Following informal talks outside the Imperial Conference", the principal delegates hope that it will be pos. sible to reach agreement tonight in connection with the framing of resolutions as an outcome of the foreign affairs discussions.

The political correspondent of the Australian Associated Press agency believes it will be abundantly clear that the attitude of Mr. W, L Mackenzie King, Prirhe Minister of Canada, will render the resolutions virtually innocuous^ Many delegates are not merely disappointed but disconsolate by Canada's attitude, cdrhing- at the very moment when most of the delegates considered it was imperative to present a measure of unity oh foreign affairs sufficient to Warn provocative foreign Powers as to what might be expected from the Empire. Canada's attitude is doubly unfortunate because public utterances here, if noncommittal, at least implied wholehearted devotion to-the Imperial tie, whereas the; speeches behind closed doors suggest interestedness inmost things which the Im< penal link involves but excepting allegiance to the advantages of substantial Imperial preference. The question is now being asked by other delegations how Canada expects to continue to enjoy the advantages of membership of the British Commonwealth if she is riot prepared to share the responsibilities. .Some delegates think that Mr. Savage' might have dealt with Mr. Mackenzie King a little more gently. Nevertheless, they wonder what can be the real value of Imperial Conferences in future if major decisions are impossible on vital problems..