THE BRITISH EMPIRE
VVHAT IS IT?
LORD SANKEY’S VIEWS.
By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. (Received This Day, 12.15 p.m.) LONDON, March 29.
In the course of a paper read before the Royal Society on “What is the British Empire?” Lord Sapl;ey dissented from the idea {hat the Balfour Declaration of 1926 was a diplomatic gesture of which the lawyers made something never intended. He added that it was a logical outcome of a policj' of statesmanship, the continuance of which would keep the Empire together and ensure the members to stand side by side in any great test of their future existence. Discussing the claim that the colonial position was equalised by the surrender to the “have-nots,” Lord Sankey said the un : conditional surrender of any of our colonies was not a question of practL eal politics. Another plan would be to remove the restrictions and enable the “have-nots” to obtain what .they want. The question of what use might be made of a ceded colony in the event of a future war must receive careful cont sideration. Britain was entitled to an answer to this question.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 March 1939, Page 8
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186THE BRITISH EMPIRE Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 March 1939, Page 8
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