CHAMBERLAIN’S RETURN
A HOPEFUL SPEECH.
By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyrighi
Received 12.12 a.m., March 17. London, March 16.
Mr Chamberlain assured his wclcomers that he viewed the situation in South Africa with a spirit of hopefulness, he was even confident. He predicted that the progress would be slow but certain. The war demonstrated, by tho oversea colonies’ response, that the Briton abroad, though apparently absorbed in personal and local concerns, still retained the love of Motherland and pride of Empire. Tho Dutch laid no claim to motherland outside of South Africa ; they knew little and cared less about empire. He hoped in tho near future that the provincial feeling would yield to a wider conception of national destiny, aiid that tho Dutch would share with us in a sense of responsibility for Imperial interest and obligations. The King and Queen received Mr Chamberlain at Buckingham Palace yesterday.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 842, 17 March 1903, Page 2
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