THE LORD MAYOR’S DINNER.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3372, 11 November 1911, Page 7

THE LORD MAYOR’S DINNER.

» brilliant assemblage.

TRIBUTE TO MR, BALFOUR

(United Press Association —Copy right, J (Received Nov. 10, 10 p.m.) LONDON, »ov. 10. It the Lord Mayor’s dinner in the Guild Hall Sir Thomas Crossby presided over a brilliant assemblage. Mr. Asquith (Premier) paid a generous tribute to Mr. who was by universal consent- the most distinguished member of the greatest deliborative assembly in the world. A happy coincidence of the Coronation year was witnessed in the Conference wherein the representatives of the great Dominions were a I nutted to the full confidence, aims, and methods of the foreign policy <>f Great i'.r.iain. Having surveyed together tin. strategic aspects of the Emm v, they were able to come to a compute agreement concerning the reciprocal parts to be taken by its naval and military defence, and the Conference marked a significant- advance of policy by - co-operating without centralisation, which was growingly recognised as the best safeguard of our Imperial unity. He regretted the conflicts ot labor and capital. Sometimes a leader sought barbarous methods in industrial warfare. He said barbarous advisedly, for it was cruel to form arbitrament m economic government, and not less so in international sphere. He believed all such disputes were capable of reasonable adjustment. H© referred to the trouble in China and Italy. He was also gratified at the success of the Franco-German agreement, and sMd it was not true Britain had been disposed to hamper the negotiations.