THE DOMINIONS.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 January 1921, Page 5

THE DOMINIONS.

THE NEW MINISTER. TIMES ON MB. CHURCHILL. Visit to colonies suggested. •y Telejraph.—Press Received Jan. 20, 11.55 p.m< London, Jan. 20. The Times, in a leader, states there 5s no difficulty in seeing why Mr. Churchill is going to the Colonial Office. For many years the Colonial Office has offered doors of opportunity to British statesmen, but few had the imagination to open them. There is ample scope in Mi. Churchill’s. energy, enterprise, and Imagination, all of which are qualities rated high in the Dominions. If his heart is right Mr. Churchill’s mistakes will be forgiven, the Dominions preferring energy and impetuosity to a. dead hand, but the Minister should know more of the Dominions. The article concludes by suggesting the Minister should make flying visits to the Dornin* ions.—Times Service. THE EMPIRE IXSIW'. TRIBUTE TO LORD MILNER. SERVICES SHOULD BE RETAINED. By Telegraph— Press Association. Wellington, Last Night In response to a request for a statement regarding the changes in the Colonial Office, Mr. Massey said: “I regret exceedingly that Lord Milner is retiring from the position of Secretary of State for the Colonies. He has been one of the best and most painstaking of the many capable men who have occupied that important position. Lord Milner has a knowledge of the Dominions and Dependencies of the Empire possessed by very few, even of the class whom we speak of as Imperial statesmen. Equally important, he has what may be termed the Imperial instinct, without which no British statesman can be successful. Every matter with which he had to deal was always looked at from the point of view of the Empire as a whole, and he had both the experience and judgment necessary to deal with it satisfactorily. I feel that, as overseas citizens of the Empire, we owe much to Lord Milner, and I should be very glad to see some arrangement made by which he would continue to act for the Dominions, because I am confident our interests would be quite safe in his hands.”