IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.
THE OPENING CEREMONY.
AN EMPIRE COUNCIL. SIR JOSEPH WARD MOVES HIS RESOLUTIONS. [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.] LONDON. May 23. Mr Asquith 3 at the Foreign Office, heartily welcomed the delegates, and defined' the scope of the conference. Mr Lewis Ha-court, Secretary for the Colonies, Mr S. Buxton, and several Ministers were present. The press was not admitted. The crowd cheered the delegates. The Conference sat for two and a half hours.
Mr Asquith, in a half-hour’s speech, made sympathetic references to the deaths of King Edward and Sir H. A. Campbell-Bannerman., He emphasised the non-party character of the Conference. Five Premiers replied. The Conference decided to sit on Mondays, Tuesdays, Tuhrsdays, and Fridays from 11 a.m. to 1.30 p.m., and in the afternoons if urgent.
Sir Joseph Ward withdrew.a resolution in favor of admission of the press. Other delegates considered that speaking would be hampered if reporters were admitted. An official summary will be issued daily. • Sir Joseph Ward moved his Imperial Council resolutions, but has not finished his speech.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3227, 25 May 1911, Page 5
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171IMPERIAL CONFERENCE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3227, 25 May 1911, Page 5
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