MOUNTAIN AND A MOUSE.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 9004, 18 November 1907, Page 2

MOUNTAIN AND A MOUSE.

MR DEAKIN SARCASTIC. Press Association —Copyright. .Melbourne, Noy. 17 Mr Deakin. iu tabling iu (he House Lord Elgin’s despatch regarding tho re-arrangement of Colonial Office, said that those who appreciate' tiie importance of the proposals submitted' to tlio Colonial Conference by the Dominions oversea for tho re-adjustment of their statutes and then road this document, will he reminded of tiio mountain iu labor which brought forth a mouse. “Let us hope its appearance will remind the people of the Empire of tho contrast between their needs and tin's outcome, while consoling themselves with tho reflection that tho mouse is creeping iu the right direction. ”

BRITISH COMMENT. Received November; 18, 8.-17 a.m. Loudon, November 17. Tlio Times, without endorsing Mr Deakin’s somewhat contemptuous criticism of tlio Imperial Secretariat its''disclosed in tho re-arragemont of the Colonial Office, 'writes that a fresh departure and tho casting off of irrelevant traditions would have inspired more confidence and tended to make tho secretariat better adapted for its function as a connecting link between equals.