POWER OF THE PRESS

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 442, 25 May 1937, Page 5

POWER OF THE PRESS

UNITING THE EMPIRE DEFENCE AND WORLD PEACE Important Conference Opens In London Press Association—Copyright. (Received 10.30 a.m.) London, Mlay 24. Major Astor, opening the annual conference or the Empire Tress Union at his home in Carlton House Terrace, emphasised the auspicious nature of the occasion, inasmuch as it was Empire Day, and the Imperial Conference was in session. English newspapermen. emphasised the value of 'the services of overseas journalists on British newspapers. Lord Inskip delivered an address on the power of the Press, especially for world-wide peace, and Empire defence. He declared that the British public must be taught to acquire a tQste for Empire news: A!t the present time they preferred! sensational tribls and public scandals. The Empire Pres s had an unequalled opportunity of welding the Empire into a united whole,. Empire defence was no longer solely t(he interest of the United, Kingdom. Too much emphasis on the vulnerability of Britain and her tirade routes to aerial attack tended to produce ai spirit of defeatism, not in accordance with facts.