Evening star., 1926-11-28

CONTINUED from First Page)
domestic problems which are bound to
he considerable. Both European and
world problems are quite as remote
for Canada as the United States, ana
being economically in an earlier state
Of national development, with great
aroas to fiji and with greater sell
erff;ciencN-. Canada has less reason
than we to ne interested abroad
x i; j: \
Now the case of Canada IS not
wholly typical; in fact. the posltloh
and conditions of the several domlh-
ions differ materially. Australia, Iof
example. While having preciselE the
same domestic problems and belns
even more completely isolated from
;s1,rApe. does very obviously depend
,,,,c7 lhe mother country Tor defense
ond 10 n very considerable degree, Tor
+inancial aid in the development oi
hnr territories. II she suffers from
tho same disadvantages. in the case Oh
ra,.ticiration in a European war d9
c,ouaE,t ON the other hand, she Is not,
like Canada, immune from attach "'
secure without British pr0tectloh.
Nevertheless, it does remain. II Nv
hat even British aid might easily De
of small avail, were Brllaln ltlfoNt"
II -. .anl-dc4th struggle in Europe,
ana sT~ull .Tapan in that case under-
ta5a 10 seek Iy force possession OF the
e,pnty sDasos Of Australia when AZ
tr.,rt her vast and suffocat!ngly dense
Ventilation. Then the real Safety O.
| '>nstfalia would Depend not upon hfl',
ain lilt upon The United states, ana
t1is fact explains the ever-gfoWlnE
interest and friendliness for us III
Australia.
Wore the United states. for example,
IN ,rcrlajin a Coolidge doctrine, which,
foljnwinl, the line OF the Monroe ooc-
t-ine placed our guarantee upon INC
status quo % the AustralaSlan waters
such i course would autolna ltcdlie
transform the relation OF Au%tfaild 70
E,itain for it would make the aSso-
l.;a+ion as one-.sided in character as
does the Monroe doctrine reroeI 'i'F
canadian. .,,.,,.t,,.
| Th;s facr would also apply equaii\
ia New Zealand, but both with respec,
# New Zealand and NeWfoundlaHd u
,s necessary to perceive that neither 1N
IN tha same state Of mind as tandtit
n, Australia. both being relatively
small states without the necessary
resources to become nations. iheTt'
fore. both were satisfied 10 acC'pO
the older relation to HrlLa'li' ana III III
both there Is totally diH'rr"'
.,f lovaIrv. because j * unaifoeted hN
any natlQadi tpu9Cl'"'''''7' ~ "
'rba cgse Of South Africa IS atIln
oiffernnt. herJus" in South AI'lo"
,hrra is a diffeTonC" "t race ana th'
M, ioritv i'm numbers which IL t"ddE
-, ,,ny,nr politically j. not British, hu'
Boar and for obvious reasons hnl
only lacking in any ioNaltN' 'u' ~
many cases moved by r"S'h'i men =,
.rrou.ina. ont Of the still ron enih"f"u
war of conquest. t,.. g.,
ON the other hand, the Win"IllN III
/ cl[,tb Nf,isa. the British nin"fltN' j.
n,tnrall, strongly loyal I" tn" ftI'-
~ oeeocf9+t0r. because il dNeIh'
Two j.. AN independent South At'l'a'
| y,,Ied hx an AfricHGdef ma l"r1tN. h"'
tho PoarS themselves are ulNId"l over
! the question ot the wisdom 81 any
rInuI4tn independence in present TINE
! for Two reasons -ilrNt. because 81 il'
I1epd Of British capital ana. Se'''H"i' ,
taud more. because of tn" presence oi
/ an enormous bIack popu!atloh' WhI'h
| constitutes q very grave peril l"i
| hnth f,ranches OF the white rtce and
| might become fatal danger in case
! of clash bet ween BrItOu and BOer.
| Al bottom, however. one must see
| that in South Africa, and not III Can
i ada or Australia, much less in New
/ fo11ndland and New Zealand. there Is
n very real sentiment favoring inde-
pendence from Britain, and FOR ma
| ioritv there exist none of those nm
| nouderab BILE, but not less real. ties
which represent the real bond between
! the mother country and the other
! dOminiOns.
! As in the case of India. it need not
: he discussed in this time, hcca use
India is a totally different problem
! presenting far different questions
. than those raised in the case Of the
| white doIniniOns.
But there j. one other aspect OF
! importauce. Does there exist be
tween the dCminions themselves any
close community of interests beyond
those OF common race and language
land equal sentimental feeling for the
mother country? ON the whole, the
answer must be negative. Canada
Australia and South Africa are grow
/ ing into national existence within
themselves They have no interest in
a common tariff. they have no flnan-
t cial value to each other. They have
| only remotely, at most, the same
! problems of immediate external rela-
toms They cannot defend each other