DOMINION STATUS.
MR. H. E. HOLLAND FINDS FAULT. WESTPORT, February 14. Speaking at Burnett’s Face, Mr. H. E. Holland M.P. (Leader of the Opposition) said the work of tho Imperial Conference had been practically resultless in decisions that would give satisfaction to the people of the various Dominions. In the matter of status, the Conference left them still at the mercy of English, diplomacy in their international relationships. When British statesmen, disregarding the Covenant of the League of Nations and in violation of a treaty, made their concentration of armed forces in Chinese territory, they gave the Dominions no voice in- the matter, although if the British policy resulted in war, every Dominion would be involved. There was a growing sentiment everywhere that the Dominions must not be committed to warlike policies or war-pro-voking acts unless on decisions of their peoples. The idea of the Empire had to make way for tho greater conception of a Commonwealth which would transform Britain and her present nominations and dependencies into an association of free and equal peoples.—(P.A.).
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Wairarapa Age, 15 February 1927, Page 5
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175DOMINION STATUS. Wairarapa Age, 15 February 1927, Page 5
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