The Stratford Evening Post. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1912. IMPERIAL UNION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 44, 15 October 1912, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1912. IMPERIAL UNION.

•Mr ' John ; Allen' 'in the course- • ofb a .special "articld written Tor The OhTist,church, “Press” on j ‘English Political Barbies,remarks, that the, most notable development in inter-imperial relations is the new sympathy subsisting between the Liberals and the Dominions. . At the same time the old love shared by both for freedom and autonomy shines no less bright. The recognition of the importance of the national development of each. Dominion was the one service rendered by Liberals to the Empire in early days, just as the failure to appreciate it was the one fundamental error in Conservative policy. But time has been on the side of the Empire—the same set of forces that has enlightened the Liberals has educated the Conservatives. Expanding resources and growing revenues have enabled the Dominions to offer substantial support to the parent land. The multiplying wealth of the Dominions has convinced the Liberals that the new countries may be serviceable partners in Imperial defence. At the same time the glowing nationality of the Dominions—the spiritual expression of their material p gross—lias shown the Conservatives that Imperial union can only be attained not as Mr Chamberlain said, by taking action ‘before the growth of distinct national characteristics” has begun, but by allowing them the freeest development possible.