IMPERIAL PRESS CONGRESS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 116, 14 June 1909, Page 2

IMPERIAL PRESS CONGRESS

(IKIi.MAN STRICITRES. Till' newspaper Berliner TtfgeUlatt cm t1... »iUv» at tl»e conference were intended to frighten the tolontw to make extraordinary sacrifices fur tin- iiiii.i, mul niuit not be taken to* tragically. t ~ '1 lie Vussisehe Zeitung laments Milt tin- J'ri-ss Conference addrewfed uie i jlouial gallery. When colonial goodwill hail been attained another «»ug >liould be sum* in London. The Lokal Auzeiger nays the »peeclies ut the conference, with the preceding vents, suggest that England has gradually reached a state of mind permitting the worrtt to be feared on record. TIIK DELEGATES' DOIXKS. London, June U. 'llie lion. Sydney Buxton, PostmasterGeneral, received the press delegate! at the Post Office. Mr. Murray date'of the MeW Zealand Herald) showed the Murrav Multiplex machine. Among other "machines was the Gelt keyboard perforator an invention by a >ew Zealand operator once in the telegraph »erv. ,-e at Xelson. The delegates witnessed a sham flgat iH'tween 20,000 troops at Aldershot. General Freud* and Mr. Haldaae, .Minister for War, entertained the delegates at Iwiolicon. ALDERBItOT MILITARY MANOEUVRES. 1 A GREAT DISHiAY.

Reserved 13, i p-' n - , London, June 12. Foreign officers competing at Olympia an-ompanied the Press delegate* to Aldershot. They wore stationed on a spur of Longnioor Hill, whence they watched 7000 troops', under Major-Gen; era) Grierson, defending Tunnell flu against Major-General Stephenson. with 10,000 moii. An artillery duel, infantry rushes, cavalry charges and fighting in lirtc pit* wore* included in tdw display* Four hundred lunched in a marquee on Knvprpsfi Hill. No speeches were made.

NECESSITY KOH RESERVES OF HORSES.

Captain Smith - Dorriea afterwards punuled a brigade of artiMery on war strength, with a view to emphasising the necessity for large reserves ol horses. A special force, representing I)randies of the service, marched past. The delegates inspected tfie camp and afterwards had'a meeting at the Officers' Clulb.

CABINET HONORS THK DELEGATES Tim Karl of Crewe presided at tl» Ministers' banquet at Grafton Galleries, Ijords Alvcrsome, Strathcona anil Nortln'ote, the Archbishop of Canterbury and tile Bishop of London and many lending men were present. Mr. Asquith, ,propping the toast of "Our Guests," referred to the duty Ct the Press to promote the highest forms and worthiest purposes of the spirit ol Imperial unity. Tlic Press was the only authentic mirror of public opinion, and. the most trustworthy auxiliary of every good Government. There was nothing more noteworthy in the speeches last 'week than statesmen of all parties speaking with identity of Kenses, almost of exipressiou, upon matters of Imperial concern.

COXFEREXCE'S SURPRISING RE SULTS.

'Mr. Cunningham (Melbourne) responded. He thanked Ministers for the inagniflcent entertainment and many marks of consideration »hown the deleKates. The delegates claimed no credit for the surprising results of the con* fere-ace at Home and albroad. These were due to those statesmen who proclaimed with united voice THE ASPIRATIONS OF THE DOMINIONS

of the Empire, and the more noticeable because the heads of both political parties were agreed upon the greatest Imperial problems. The time had gone when tlie people overseas expected to have announced their loyalty to Hritain, To-day there was reciprocal loyalty In every part of the Empire. In the development of tile Imperial idea, they must proceed slowly. Remote parts should not be hastened. It would haw to grow, as it was growing. The iwisett statesmen would guide the barque ia the centre of the stream, and not force over the rapids. Young countries, like youug men; thought not as their elders, They asked that tlieir spirit of independence might Ik l treated patiently. There was ntill a lingering feeling Tn An«trnlin tlnit Hritain desired to control Australia's destinies. It was & legacy from the stormv times now gradually Lord Rogatory had tolil the delegates 1 in one of the greatest speeches lie had ever heard tint there was 1 a hush over Europe betokening a possible catncylsiii. Since then, there had been a cry of a united people littering one word; "Euipirel" QUESTION BEYOND DISCUSSION. Mr. (I. Femviyk (Dunediii) also responded. ITe said he came to England expecting that .the All-Red cable would he (he principal subject at the deliberations. It had given place to a greater question, that of unity in the defence of the Empire. All the delegates had been struck by the earnestness of the loaders on that question. It was being declared on flu; Continent that the contnrence speeches savored of panic. Could any one present imagine such a thing? The speeches were the logical outcome of the devotion of statesmen who had Ik'cii considering Imperial problems for years. The conference was animated not by .panic or even alarm, but quiet resoluteness. Unity of the Empire was « question beyond discus"'"'l' \ llc Home Government, In accordwith the dependencies, all knew that there was no chance of severance. The FronA-Caiadion delepte also responded.

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CAXADIAXS I'ROFftI'XDJA' IV. PRESSED,

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