COUNCIL OF NATIONS.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 September 1921, Page 5

COUNCIL OF NATIONS.

EXCLUSION OF DOMINIONS. INTERESTS IN DANGER. AN UNEASY FEELING. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London. Sept. 26. The uncertainty of who will represent Britain at Washington strengthens the case for the representation of the Dominions. The opinion prevailed when the imperial Conference was in session that Mr. Lloyd George and Lord Curzon would be Britain’s delegates, giving to the overseas Premiers a greater sense of security with regard to the handling of the Pacific questions from the fact that they would be well primed with the overseas point of view, and able to approach the conference with first-hand knowledge. The statement that both Mr. Lloyd George and Lord Curzon are unlikely to attend, creates the feeling In Angiooverseas circles that their Pacific inf .- ests may not receive the same attention from a delegation acting on secondhand information, and they may be less adequately represented in such circumstances. It becomes imperative that something after the nature of a consultative body, comprising members of the overseas Cabinets with a full knowledge of their desires, should attend at Washington to keep the British delegation in the closest touch with their views. The fact that Portugal is invited to attend the conference because of her interests in Macao is strongly contrasted with the exclusion of Canada, Australia and New Zealand from direct representation when their Pacific interests are of paramount importance to their existence.