INTER-IMPERIALISM

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 30 January 1907, Page 3

INTER-IMPERIALISM

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AUSTRALIAN ANN IYERSARY """ GATHERING. SOME NOTABLE SPEECHES. SUBJECTS FOR COLONIAL CON FERENCE. CO-OPERATION IN TRADE AND DEFENCE. Received 2!Hh. 10.2 p.m. The Australian Auiiivorsai v Dav bauipiei was held at the Tr'ciulcro. There were J'iO present, including ih,. Lord .Mayor. Montagu.' Neson' liie ll"ii- M . P. Reeves, and mauv representative liit'Vtlnin.-i, banker-, and shipowner-;. Lord Toiiuy-.>i,. who presided, pin-P".-ed t.e toa-t of "I'h.. ().iv We (Vie I'l'ilc." lie read in.-aires froai Mr Deakin and Mr Uenl. each of which wii- received wLh applause. Lord Tennyson stroiigle advoealed the iniinigratiun of carcfullv selected li'Risti men end women, who ».;ikl giva.ly Nireugili.'H ill., c m,,iiH-eal;li. He hoped the Colonial Conference would consider the establishment of a cooperative system of colonial de i fence throughout the Empire, and the organisation of an intelligence committee. He hoped ihe Australian ivpvo- V

senlatives would submit a carefully considered scheme of preferential tarills in favour of British commodities, which would lead up lo inter-Imperial free trade. He expressed the hope that Sir 11. Campbell Tiannerman would open the Conference, and show Unit it was not only Colonial, but Imperial. Mr Coekburn proposed the •■lmperial Government."

Lord Elgin, replying, said one of the greatest difficulties in bringing about unity of sentiment between tin; Governments of the Colonies and the Motherland is the want of acquaintance. Therefore, be appreciated nothing more than forming an acquaintance with the leaders of the Colonial Parliaments at the Conference. While he was preparing the programme, it was obviously improper for him to express opinion's. Regarding Lord Tennyson's suggestions, lie would cordially welcome Sir 11. Cainpbellß.uineimin's opening liiC Conference*.

Lord Brassey proposed the ''lmperial Forces." Admiral Ilowden and Gen eral Hut ton replied. The latter advocated the establishment in the Motherland of militia similar to Canada's an'd Australia's. - ~,'■ »-jjj§;