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“IMPERIAL” OR “BRITISH COMMONWEALTH” MR. HOLLAND’S SUGGESTION Press Association WELLINGTON, Thursday. Mr. 11. K. Holland, M.P., Leader of tire Labour Party, complains that the Press Association report of the civic farewell to the Prime Minister, the Hon. G. W. Forbes, at Wellington on Saturday evening, misrepresented him. He states he suggested that the name of the Imperial Conference should be changed to that of the British Commonwealth Conference, but did not claim that by changing the name of the conference the world’s peace would be He traced developments in connection with Dominion status, showing how the old Imperialistic idea of dictating from Downing Street was gradually giving way to a higher conception of partnerships in the British commonwealth of nations. He expressed the hope that the latter would be capable of broadening out into a world common wealth, which would make for the elimination of armed conflict between nations. In other words, for the dethronement of the god of war and the enthronement of the prince of peace.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1063, 29 August 1930, Page 10
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171NAME OF CONFERENCE Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1063, 29 August 1930, Page 10
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