Empire Relationships

Evening Star, Issue 19790, 14 February 1928, Page 5

Empire Relationships

Dawn of a New Era

(British Official News.) Press Association—By Wireless—Copyright.

RUGBY, February 13. (Received February 14, at 11.30 a.m.)

The Hon. L. S. Amory, the Dominions Secretary, was back in the House of Commons to-day after his tour of the overseas dominions. Ho was greeted with loud cheering. In an interview he declared that his tour had been exceedingly useful in increasing his own knowledge of the conditions and problems of the dominions and improving the understanding between the dominions and the Home Country. Ho thought that the precedent which he had set in making such a tour would be followed in the future, and that it would be regarded henceforth as the first duty of the Domin-

Responsible Freedom for Dominions

Mr Amery’s Mission

ions Secretary to visit the overseas parts of the Empire. He said: “ AVe cannot expect the dominion Ministers to do all the travelling. At home ono meets two or three Ministers, but in going round I have been able to meet practically every Minister, as well as the Leaders of the Opposition and prominent men in every walk of life who could bring mo in touch with the life of the community.

“In my speeches I sought everywhere to show that the old era of Empire relationship closed with the last Imperial Conference, and that the equal freedom ot the dominions under the Crown was the freedom not of irresponsibility, but of responsibility.”