TOURING LEGISLATORS

Shannon News, 3 September 1926, Page 3

TOURING LEGISLATORS

PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION. TALK ON THE EMPIRE SPIRIT. VIEWS OF LORD SALISBURY. LONDON, July 10. Captain R. Anthony Eden, M.P., who w r as in New Zealand and A us " 1 tralia a year ago with the Empire Press delegation, has expressed some i opinions regarding the Parliamentj ary party which is about to visit J the Dominions, 1 “It is a very representative dele- ) gation,” Captain Eden said, “of all sections and all parties, and each party is admirably represented. There are a very good lot of Labour members. If New Zealand and Australia are as kind to them as they were to us last; year they will have a very enjoyable and a very interesting time. I hope that the press delegates have brought some people in this country to a truer realisation of what our Dominions arc. l If the Parliamentary party get the same chances as we did of seeing the countries and understanding their, problems a tremendous amount of good should follow.” Lord Salisbury, who leads the Parliamentary party, Captain Eden considers a very good choice for the position. “He is a rrfan of great ability, whose gifts have been rather lost in the House of Lords, and a little overshadowed by his brothers, Viscount Cecil and Lord Hugh Cecil, who have had the opportunities that the House of Commons provides. He is ah ideal leader for a Parliamentary party of jfchis kind,, for ho is very popular with the Labour members and with everybody in the House.” Interview With Lord Salisbury. . The Marquess of Salisbury, Leader ! of the House of Lords, is at the head of the Parliamentary Party; When a -jfew days ago. however, he disclaimed any leadership of the delegates. “When we are in the Dominions,” he said, “we j are all one representing Great Britain as one partner in the great J federation of nations which make up the .British Empire. . 'Vjfa are drawn- from all ■' political’ parties. ,There Hs Mr Artlnirkenderson, who is oiic of the loaders' in the Labour movement, and has held high office. 1 There is Mr lan Macpherson, a Lib--1 eral member, who has held Cabinet | rank in former times.” r Like other members of the dcleI gation, Lord Salisbury expressed the I hope that % arrangements would be I made for the party to see something of New Zealand. “Personally, I should be quite disappointed,” he , said, “if we did not have a few days in New Zealand. I have had tho honour of tho friendship of New Zealanders which I greatly value. Another reason why I should like to see something of New Zealand is that I have always found our relations with the Dominion to be as smooth as they can be, and there is a wonderful spirit of co-operation between the Dominion and the Mother Country.” ■