TRIBUTE TO EMPIRE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 284, 26 July 1932, Page 5

TRIBUTE TO EMPIRE

(Press Assn.

U.S. ADMTRATiON preserves old prestige in spite of changes. "amazin'g* vitalityd'

— By Telegraph— Copyright)

OTTAWA, Monday. The New York Times says:— "Nobody with a spark of historical imagination can fail to be impressed by ceriain aspects of the Imperial Conference. It is a living demonstration of the peeuliar continuing pov/er of the British Empire. It has preserved much of its old prestige and glamour in holding together peoples and Governments representing- such a vast portion of the earth's surface. "Perhaps something of the old pomp and glitter in which Queen Victoria delighted has depai'ted from Imperial gatherings, but their true significance remains as a standing tribute to the genius of the British race. "It knows how to yield, compromise and adjust itself to the changing demands of democracy and still manages to hold the scattered Dominions in unforced loyalty to the Mother of Paiiiaments. "The Empire retains amazing vitality and it can truly be said the more the British Empire changes the more it remains the same. "The spokesman for Britain sounded the same large note as the representatives of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. "They' are Imperialists, but never isolationists. The fact that they wish to cxtend trade with each other and co-operate as far as possihle in forwarding every true Imperial interest does not keep thern from lifting their eyes to behold the opportunities which invite them in their relations with outsicle nations, and because theyr are thoroughly convinced that the British Empire cannot live unto itself they turn their thumbs down upon the grandiose Beaverbrook scheme of free trade within the Empire and prohibitive tariffs against the rest of the world."