Evening star., 1918-07-14

1oy.1tv NJ the co,onies and dependen-
49, ~. -. .h.s. NV. +ot,re
GIGS anu ene par. enese
In the fighting. but they were not
ouite ready for n change in the gen.
erai policy of the British empire un.
6er which. In the mast. the determine.
finn Of inneriaI Guestions has been
made solely by the mother country.
tha statsnosnt that the colonies would
~ .eiIsd IN consni+atio in order mat
fhera nnipht' he more efrectiye meas
Hres .dnnted for co-ortifnation In car
fSins on n's'i1i'ies wiz @n'
SO
The great self-govetnin8 colonies
vere represented by their premiers or
t -, .a.,e,. - -. h..,
oy otner nign omcia1A II nas oeen
their contention for many years that
+bara sbon,d ha an ,mneria1 council of
$50 - --..,.
this kind to pass on subjects aneeons
the whole empire. They did not rel-
a., IT.. .x,,,,aaa +..,, 81. .or6r.f
70 .he So,.;an reia+;anS ~ the emnire
" ne hSl6n ISAo-4S Ia.s
OF which tney were part .;.a Mos VIZ VIZ
thoy paI IaSuiaIy meA ~
the knoWIeoee enat eney Sou.a ~ 70
Drawn m1o war SynceIihs ~
tney NAG no say. tse VIE wnSh ae go.
came tney fespohoe9 WIN sso,
that astonished staid oId Engiaha.
The decision OF the Brttlsh govern
ment TO call an lmperial conIerence
In which the colonies snoulo pc Tep.
year OF hostinties. Inc % one %nscsmy ,,
sittlng IN Lonoon was secoha coun.
Gil has gone TURNER tnan ene
Th .sauos..,, ,.,.,t 80 +ha r,,r h,,
been yery prominent in the sittings
of the present council, although not
mucn Puoici.y mas peen tSea 70 me
day the public announcement was
made that the conference had foEmu-
lated oennIte pediSy IN 1eSara 70
after the war. Since this raw ma.
terial comes principally from the col
premlefs should nave gooo oeaI 70
say aRout what snouio De zone win
It ms say Is not reassnring 10 Ber-
nm I'M. NO. Is ene I'M thaorna.ion .a.s. wntSa tSa
was IuInisneo at tne sltunss OF tne
imperial council reassuring TO Ger
man man war ioros ana ihouseriai oie.a-
- a. ,S,
r,w noater,sI for ~. has;o snd,.st,,o,
showed that the Rritish emnira wes
virtually seif-sustaininR except in tHS
the enthusiasts even claimed thaf the
textile industry eouid Obtain suffis
Gent Supplies from British territorv.
but that was NOT the view of tbe
Manchester mill owners. who know
their dependence on the United States,
Yet, since it is the United States that
has this reserve supply, none of the
British statesmen nor the British
mill owners feel uneasiness.
4
eermanv nm ber na-t h.s v,rt,,.,,u
no sources Oh her own ior tne supply
of raw cotton. The little she had in
her African colonies is gone from her.
Her te1t;1e <indnstr,e, dr.w ~ ..a
IYni+aa st.t.s -. -.
Ci'u S'@'ss' oii Esspe anu Oh inoia-
Naturally. she cannot count on cotton
from Egypt or India, and unless she
mends her wavs and shows sorna .,,io
dences Of. heinz aroanabis to soe ne ex,- "
fiuence Of civiI;za ton tbere 10 III
nossihilftv that the trada no,iov @ "
the tinted states will he sea;nat .,u "
plying her. '1p
Russia is all that remains and
even should Russia Continue the
helpless spoil of Germany the COT
ton supply which might he oht.ined
would be far from enoneh 70 Laen
the German cotton mills eo;n~ eyep
though MOSCOW and LODI and Wa
saw were denied the snnniiea which
they heretofore have ohfained
The Russian cotton sunnIy 10 .,