DOMINIONS’ STATUS.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 February 1921, Page 5

DOMINIONS’ STATUS.

THE VOICE OF EMPIRE. CONSULTATION WITH BRITAIN. THE NEW POLICY. By Telegraph.—Press Assn —Copyright. London, Feb. 13. Mr. Churchill, at a banquet to Lord Reading, said the new pri; iple concerning the Dominions was common consultation regarding the difficulties of any one and that no final decision concerning the status of one of the Empire’s nations could be taken without consulting all the Dominions, who share with the Motherland the responsibility of decisions on great dominant questions affecting the common fortunes of the whole Empire. The principle might be found to have usefulness concerning parts of the Empire aa widely different as Ireland and Egypt. They all knew the ' ! ieed of unity as an aid to solving their problems. Mr. Churchill added that he was hopeful and confident that in a few years our present difficulties in Ireland and Egypt would have greatly diminished, and that nations which were now a reproach and stumbling block to the supreme cause might be found managing their own affairs and unfolding their own destiny, peaceful and prosperous within the elastic circles of the Empire. KEEPING EGYPT IN THE EMPIRE. London, Feb. 13. Considerable importance is attached to Mr. Churchill’s speech, which is regarded as the overthrow of the Milner policy in Egypt’, the abandonment of the scheme of disinterestedness in that country and the keeping of Egypt within the Empire, and that the Dominions will be consulted concerning both Ireland and Egypt at the forthcoming conference.—United Service.