DOMINION MINISTERS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 November 1939, Page 6

DOMINION MINISTERS

ATTENDANCE AT HOUSE OF COMMONS OPPOSITION LEADERS . WELCOME. ADVOCACY OF FULLEST CONSULTATION. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. (Received This Day, 11.15 p.m.) LONDON, November 2. For the first time in history, Dominion Ministers sat. among British Parliamentarians when Mr P. Fraser (New Zealand) Mr R. G. Casey (Australia), Mr T. A. Crerar (Canada), Colonel D. Reitz (South Africa) and Sir M. Zafrullah Khan (India) occupied seats adjoining the Dominion’s Gallerj r in the House of Commons to hear Mr Chamberlain’s war review. The Speaker later entertained the Dominion Ministers at tea. Mr C. R. Attlee welcomed the Dominion and Indian representatives on behalf of the Opposition. He said it was of great value, materially and spiritually that these great democratic peoples should be supporting the common cause. The more Britain consulted them on pressing matters of war, and the best way of securing and preserving enduring peace the better it would be. He supported Mr Chamberlains expression of gratitude for the Empire's offers of help and added that it was a striking demonstration that the strength of the ties uniting peoples of different races, languages and. religions depended on freedom and not on compulsion. It was our duty to keep that conception of freedom alive and spread it further throughout the whole Empire. ___