The New York herald., 1921-06-21
Glad to Get Suggestions.

II was then that he referred TO the
welcome his Government would accord
a Canadian colleague in Washington,
adding:
1--WE VIII be glad 10 have any sus-
yestions that occur to you as TO the
methods by which the business Oh the
dominions In London. so far as It passes
through our hands, may be transacted
with greater dignity and efficiency al
though you will agree that the empire
owes much to Lord Miner and Loro
Long for their services in the Coloniai
Office during a period OF great difri-
Guilty and stress. Also we will welcome
any suggestions you may have to make
for associating yourselves more closely
with the conduct Of our foreign rela-
tions. Any suggestions you can make
on that subject we will be delighted 10
hear and discuss.
ION all matters OF common concern
we want to know your standpoint and
we want 70 tell you ours. will give
you my general conception OF mutual
lationship which is meet
THE British dominions and the
Indian Empire. one and all, played a
great part in the war for freedom. In
recognition of their services and achieve
ments in the war the British dominions
have now been accepted fully into the
community OF nations by the whole world
They are signatories to the Treaty o,
Versailles and all the other treaties OF
peace they arc members of the assem-.
bly, OF nations and their representatives
are already attending the league. II
other words. they have achieved ful
national status and now stand beside
the United Kingdom equal partners III
the dignities and responsibilities of the
British Commonwealth.
'1f there are any means by which
this status can he rendered even closer
90 our own communities and the world
at large, we will be glad to have them
forwarded at this conference"
Empire a Living Force.
The Prime Minister declared that th'
war demonstrated and, I might say
revealed, to the world, including our
selves. that the British Empire is no
an abstraction, but living force which
Is to be reckoned with"
WHO would have believed before tn
war that the Empire outside of Grea
Britain could raise two million an
! more soldiers and send them to the bat
! tieflelds to serve common cause sid
| BY side with the United Kingdom II
/ continued. so ardent a soul as Josepl
I Chamberlain never predicted so impres
sive a rally around the flag. This op
perfume revelation OF the British En-
pire. In my judgment, altered the MS
tory Of the world.
Those OF US who know-and many, ]
not most of us here during the mos
critical hours of the war sat at tn
same table--those of US know how mar
row was the margin between victory an
defeat, and we can proclaim that withou
these 1000 900 men who came from out
side the United Kingdom. Prussianisn
probably would have triumphed cast an
wes. before the American troops ar
rived on the stage. and Lord Curzor
who is AT this moment discussing VIII
Premier BRAND (of F'rance) the eNecu
ton of the victorious treaty. would hav
been discussing how best to carry ou
the huniliating conditions dictated b.
the triumphant war lords of Germany
A reign of unbridled force would hav
been supreme and this generation woul'
have had to~spend its days Interpreting
and enduring that calamitous fact in al
spheres of human activity and influence
The unity Of the British Empire save
| France. Great Britain and civilizauo
! from such a catastrophe.
our present troubles are bad enough
victory mas us cares as wen aS mas oe
/ feat. but they arc ephemeral and ar
soon surmounted Defeat would have rt
versed the engine of progress and demot
racy and driven it back centuries on II
tracks. n I may venture to quote whs
I said in the imperial conference in 1870
when said in reference TO the Empire
1--WE agree with our colonial con
rades of the Dominions that all thi
unity is worth a concerted effort. eve
" the effort at the outset costs US some
thing. A federation of free common
wealths is worth making some sacrife
for One never knows when its strengt
will be essential TO the great cause c
human freedom. and that is priceless.
"I venture TO say that this predictio
has been gloriously proved by srea