A BLENDING OF NATIONS.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 8 October 1917, Page 3

A BLENDING OF NATIONS.

LLOYD GEORGE MENTIONS NEW I ZEALAND. . London, Sept 8. Mr Lloyd George, the British Prime speaking at the National Eisteddfod at Birkenhead, said that the British Empire was a Commonwealth of many nations, some old enough to have seen the folly of many empires, but Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa were new. It was a more, remarkable and a very significant fact that the more cautious and more clamant nationhood and young peoples the more their affection increased for the British Tmpire and the more effective,the more real, became their contributions to its strength. “New Zealand,” said Mr Lloyd George, “has half the population of Wales, yet she has already contributed to the Old Country in the hour of trial as many gallant warriors as we sent in the Expeditionary Force to France at the beginning of the war. (Cheers). Yet local patriotism in New Zealand is as intense as • in Wales, newed cheers), “As a man grows in years distinctive experiences make marks on his features. So with nations. As generations roll by New Zealand, Australia, Canada and South Africa will have distinctive features which will mark them out in the assembly of nations. I predict that their affection for the Motherland will continue to grow, and that their pride in the federation of a free people will' become deeper and more intense.”