Evening star., 1926-11-28
The British Lion and Its Whelps

and all in an. their association IS not
with each other. but with the home
country.
Ireland. again. is different from al
other dominicns in that the Free
state. which is in tradition and sentl-
ment the most removed from Britain.
is. in reality. the single state which
has in the main the same general In
tcreSts. Britain is its market. and
anv war which would lead to the III
vasion and rrost"ation of Britain
would Immediately injure Irish pros
parity and would almost inevitably
compromise Irish freedom. Nor
could any war he imagined which In
volved British shores and did not az
feet those of Ireland.
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Looked at effectively. then. the eN
pertinent which has been begun b.
the present London conference is one
of the most novel and fascinating In
history. 1t is no less than an under
taking to create commonwealth OF
nations. made up of states Of centrif
ucal material interests on the basis
of centripetal sympathies and senti
ments. And it has been begun on the
only conceivable basis of bestOwing
upon each state entire freedom OF
termine for itself the extent of its as
s0ciation or the degree of it's ind"
p@ndcnCe.
As to tho outcome Of the great cN
pertinent it is possible TO hold very
different opinions. one may believe
as tEe British obviously hope. that
with the removal Of Inequalities
which obviously could not endure til,
! way will 10 found To create Il real
! TO-, inf IYVss
develop q real commonwealth. 1t is.
moreover. quIte clear that no one can
| fairly deny this possibility.
/ But. by contrast, no one can bc
demonstrated mistaken IF today he
! holds to til" view that the vast Iii
! fcrcnccS in the actual circumstances
Of the several units III the new ~
! SOCiati0n in the Cnd make FOR actual
land complete separation. Murh Ger
! taiuly viii depend upon III" progress
! OF events within the British Isles ANA
/ the ultimate success Of the BRITISH lt
escaping from what = today r."a1l
. state of st@-cnatiou. if rpt "f r"rI'
erosion. quite aS much will Jcp'rd
upon the state of t.uropc IN TN u'H
7 lplT decades, tor Il fresh explosion IN
( VclviEG Britain would patiently have
I very grave consequences in shaping
/ the dominion opinion and p"hcies
! Tl.e present step may ruark M ,ua
of the British Empire iu the -cusa 80
the decisive separation of Tho int'a
/ ~, u. j, may mean thr U.tu~'nrUlr
Z tjcu uf structure Nthuut any real d.
+ solving of the bonds ot tiu,uu. I;ul t.
is clear thtt uothtuC could uoN hfN,
p been. duu" 10 prevent the i'r". itI' I"n
. II tic fact that tn" old order hao
hanged and that the NiiEhtc-' "i
tempt rt coercion would have beer. in
.tautlr fatal
/ II tIr c,ntsitusa. jendeicie, sh"u.u
! CuntIuHn ana Isl. rt,,~C. ti' ''r-f
4 uucuccs for tue United State Wpri-
10 very considerable. Tor thcE would
. .ucl ulblt involve cIue,r rsIafiou~ i~.
tween certain u,winiOus and uu.
selves although rot ia ann. ~"u-t
. those pf annexation OF atndirdtratIru.
IT, for example. th'' power "f i:IiJUtI
b declined. -" should TtaIUiv 20"
} brought one da. go fncc ihc quc~,.oI.
IL whether ~. w'r" prepared 10 az
. sunic the position Df defender OF the
status quo il ;hc southern i'IriH,
land thus in reality that al prut., tor
Of 81" whit" doruiniOH> of AGstIstlasiH
and - an. such TASK W' would 10.
bound To enter into some cloSr a.'soc,a
ton with Canada This is utrhap-
|
escaped Australian attention.
! But no conclusion based upon pre-
! crt cents could be more misiak.i.
than tha. which saw political 1Iui,,
between Canada and the nited state
aS q likely consequence Of the no..
order. Probably no circumstance ha
/ contributed more 10 the development
/ of Canadian natiONlism than III,
| realization that there is no American
| danger. And nothing is more Obviou-
/ than the fact that a very strong Cana
I dian nationaliSm has developed in re
cent years-and the same is true foI
( Australia.
Moreover. while as a result of I'll.
decisions of the imperial conference
/ everything has been. in one sense
I changed, nothing is more unlikcl.
/ than that there will be any revo1u
/ ton evidences OF the changes. Til,
/ imperial problem has gone Into tho
melting pot and 1t may he very ,our
! before. we have any significant de
! velopmenrs, much less any sure signs
Of what is corning
tCopyright. 1929
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/ States for arsenic to fight the boil wee
| vii in cotton has ceased. the Austria
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