Lord Northeliffe and the Empire
* 111 u, lßeceived this day at 12.25 p.m.) LONDON, May 23. j Lord Northclill'o in a special article ill the “Times” Empire supplement on “Empty Australasia” asks what is awaiting our dominions in the Pacific where “Australia and New Zealand stand as twin trustees of the Empire’s destiny. When the Great Powers met nt Washington, Australia, was more vitally interested, and her voice was heard' with more respect, her tato more irrevocably hound in the issue than at ’Versailles' or Paris. 1 know how far the efforts of peace and Salmond of New Zealand went to help in the happy solution which was found in the abrogation of the old alliance and the information of the new Pacific pact, which brings to Australia peace for the present. Hilt also, the responsibility for the future, because the two southern dominions support our cornerstone in the four-power agreements. The “Times” in a leader says the Empire is no longer a group ol farflung dependencies, hut a chain (it mighty nations, girdling the world. The National Imperial greatness is far more likely to he achieved by securing the substance, namely the unity of (treat Britain aiul tint Dominions than by chasing the shadow of European reconstruction among the nations, that have yet to find reconstruction among themselves. Co-operation among our own ,kith and kin is surely the key which will lead tho nation from the darkened maze wherein it wanders today. The Empire Settlement I stands as the most notable landmark in our history, the benefits of interimperial immigration will lie threefold in character. The Dominions gain the development of their resources and peopling; of spaces. Great Britain gidris t'lf relief of bpf surplus populn.
tion and assistance to unemployment. The Empire’s gain is gradual and strengthening the ties which hind the component parts together. By preserving the Empire’s alliance and developing her resources, above all the cultivation of understanding whereof i - horn mutual confidence and aflection, we shall keep the Commonwealth that for long will stand fouv square to id! (.he world
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 May 1922, Page 3
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345Lord Northeliffe and the Empire Hokitika Guardian, 24 May 1922, Page 3
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