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grees Of civilization, that We call the
British empire, the Labor party stands
for it's maintenance and it's progress
i've development on the lines of local
i autonomy and Home Rule All
Round";; the fullest respect for the
rights Of each people, whatever its
color, to all the democratic self-gov-
eminent of which it is capable, and to
the proceeds of its own toll upon the
resources of it's own territorial home;
land the closest possible cooperation
among all the various members of
what has become essentially not. an
empire in the old sense, but a Britain
mic alliance.
We desire to maintain the most in
I innate relations with the Labor par
ties overseas. Like them, we have no
sympathy with the projects Of "Impe-
rial Federation, in so far as these
imply the subsection to a common i'm.
perial legislature welding coercive
power (including dangerous facilities
! for coercive imperial taxation allu Tor
enforced military service),, either OF
the existing self governing Dominions,
whose autonomy would be thereby in
vaded, or of the United Kingdom,
whose freedom of democratic self-de-
velopment would be thereby hamper
ed, or of India and the colonial de-
Tendencies, which would thereby run
the risk of being further exploited for
the benefit of "White Empire" We
do not intend, by any such Imperial
Senate, either to bring the plutocracy
; of Canada and South Africa to the aid
of the British aristocracy, or to enable
the landlords and financiers of the
mother country to unite in controlling
the growing popular democracies over
seas. The. autonomy of each self-go
erning part of the empire must be in
tact.
What we look for, besides a con-
slant progress in democratic self-gov-
'ernment of every part of the Britain
mic alliance, and especially in India, is
a continuous participation of the mi
nisters of the Dominions, of India, and
eventually of other dependencies (per-
haps of their own ministers specially
resident in London for this purpose)
in the most confidential deliberations
of the Cabinet, SO far as foreign poll
cy and imperial affairs are concerned;
and the annual assembly of an Impe--
rial Council, representing all constitu-
ents of the Britannia alliance and all
parties in their local legislatures,
which should discuss all matters Of
common interest, but only in order to
make recommendations for he~simul-
taneous consideration of the various
autonomous local legislatures of what
!, should increasingly take the constitu-
tional form of an alliance of free ma
tons. and we carry the idea further.
AS regards our relations to foreign
countries, we disavow, and disclaim
any desire or intention to dispossess
or to impoverish any other state or ma
ton. We seek no increase of territory.
We disclaim all idea of economic
war;. We ourselves object to all pro-
tective customs tariffs; but we hold
that each nation must be left free to
do what it thinks best for it's own eco
nomic development, without thought of
injuring others. We believe that ma
tons are in no way damaged by each
others economic prosperity or COM
mercial progress; but, on the contrary,