THE NATIONAL DANGER.
Half .a. century ago no other Power was ambitious of a, world-empire. Today Germany, Russia, and France are rapidly developing huge colonies abroad. The policy of expansion has been adopted deliberately and prosecuted with zeal. At least one Asiatic Power is seeking new outlets for its surplus population. This general expansion constitutes a source of danger to the British Empire. Problems that were non-existent half a century ago are now before us demanding solution. It is clear that for their own protection the peoples of the Empire must draw together. They cannot leave the whole burden to the Motherland. With the division of the burden of defence there must bo a re-adjustment of control. The situation is big with possibilities. and the younger veneration may live to see a true Imperial Parliament directing the common interests of the British self-governing dominions.— “Lyttelton Times.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2516, 1 June 1909, Page 6
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146THE NATIONAL DANGER. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2516, 1 June 1909, Page 6
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