A Manifesto of the Objects and Aims of the League
Subtitle: First Presidential Address
By: Imperial Federation League of Australia
Published: 1905
Place of publication: Melbourne
Language: eng
First sentence: I am sure you all regret, with me, the resignation of the able, courageous, and eloquent judge who has been compelled, by reasons of health, to resign the presidentship of this league.
Notes: Forwarded Y/ith the Compliments of the 
PRESIDENT and COMMITTEE of the Im- 
perial Federation League. 
xxxxxxx 
Sir, 
I 
beg leave to direct your at- 
tention to the significance of the 
accompanying manifesto. At the Im- 
perial Conference of 1902, the Right 
Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, M.P., pre- 
siding as the Principal Secretary 
of State for the Colonies, asked 
definitely for some proposals, or for 
a demand for a closer union, from 
the Colonies. 
The Manifesto now circulated is a 
reply offered by the President of 
the League in Australia as a pre- 
liminary to the detailed considera- 
tion of issues momentous to the 
people of the Empire. 
Yours faithfully, 
H. D'ESTERRE TAYLOR, 
Hon. Sec.