THE IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1659, 12 November 1887, Page 4

THE IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

London, Ni.v. 9. Canon Dalton delivered a lecture on the late Imperial Conference at the Co onial Instil til o. last night. Ho said England should never relinguish control over the colonies. These had been established as tli© result of wars extending over n period of throe hundred yea f ß, and the expenditure of £800,000,000 Referring to Ann-rica, ho said that had the country possessed the same freedom that, the colonies nor. h id, there ivotihl have been no rebellion. The loss of America prove 1 that the Imperial authorities should always consider the iut'-rasts and n ishes of the colonies. It proved also that if these wishes were disregarded the colonies would lobe*. The exercise of force could not check or prevent the success of a rcb'dlion, but freedom such as the colonies pos-e-sod would not only check it, but wouhl slrenglhcu Britain «t the same time. The foreign policy of the colonies w sconfined chi’fly to the question of Protection and the means of communication with Britain.and other port’ons of the world. In summarising the results of the C m ho pointed out that while it kid assisted in settling the N-w Hebrides and other vital questions it had laid the L uadation of a united empi". Mr James Service in his speech said ho could not refrain from expressing the opinion that the colonies felt some degree of biitrrne«s at the tardiness displayed in »fleeting « settlement of the New Hebides qu •sdon, which hid on ! y been arrived a 1 aft-ir a long haid struggle on their parV They were entitled to expect that the Imperial authorities would have acted with more promptitude, especially as th* is andtwore taken possession of by Franco without the slightest vestige of right. Sir Graham Berry,- in the course of a few remarks showed that one of the results of i ha Conference had been a decided increase in the Federation spirit.