COLONIAL INSTITUTE.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1734, 27 April 1906, Page 2

COLONIAL INSTITUTE.

QUESTION OF DEFENCE. Bjj telegraph, Ficaus Aas’n,. Conyrlght Received 11.47 p.m., April 26. London, April 26. At the Colonial Institute dinner there were 250 guests, who included Lords Eanfurly and Jersey, Sir Montague Nelson, and the Archbishop of Sydney. Doctor Parkin proposed the Imperial Forces. Major-General Hutton, in responding, stated that Imperial forces, comprising nearly a million and a half, whereof one-fifth were regulars and in the colonies, were determined to co-operate in any offorfc to consolidate the military power of the Empire. The navy alone was not . enough. J hey must employ a force to annihilate the enemy. •' advised them to rely on the interaded militia system to supply the framework of forces required in times of emergency. Lord Elgin, presiding, proposed the toast of the Colonial Institute. He said that until a man entered the Colonial office and accepted responsi-jjf bilities there he was unable to form ah" adequate idea of what the colonial empire meant. The main object of government must be to. secure hearty co-operation in administration at Home and administration abroad. (Cheers.) Especially should they aim towards securing the sympathy and support of the mau at the spot. (Loud cheers.)