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Mr. Coatee: Mr. Prime Minister, it is with pleasure that I arise to support the motion that has been moved, that a vote of thanks be extended to you for your work in presiding over this Conference. I should like to emphasize every word that has been said by the Lord President of the Council, Mr. Baldwin, and all the words just fallen from the lips of Mr. Bruce, who has both emphasized the splendid manner in which you have conducted the affairs of the Conference, and the spirit that has dominated all the negotiations that have been carried out. Patience and tolerance were the essential qualifications for the duties and responsibilities that fell on your shoulders. I can say that it is fitting that, as we are the guests of Canada, Canada's Prime Minister should preside, and it gives me pleasure to say how well you have carried out those duties, and to observe the results that have followed the Conference over which you have presided. Sir, the Conference called for patience and tolerance on your part, and it called for patience and tolerance on the part of every member of each delegation. Mr. Bruce has rightly said that the object was not to obtain an advantage as between one Dominion of the Commonwealth and another; but the broad principle has been followed that we go forward as representatives from the British Empire, conveying to our people the thought and determination that, not only have we managed to come to arrangements that we believe will be to the great advantage of our Dominions, but that the foundations are laid that will lead— if our people will follow—to the ultimate restoration of their welfare. These things could not have been accomplished except for the spirit of determination and confidence in ourselves that we could show to all our people the way of hope for the future. I feel, Mr. Prime Minister, that our people will follow the example that has been set. If they do so, it will prove to the advantage of the Commonwealth of British Nations and to the advantage of all the nations that are not within that Commonwealth. We have tried to be broadminded and to see the effects of all our activities. That has been kept closely in mind, and I have confidence, Sir, that this Conference will be the turning point of what to-day appears to be a somewhat sad and troubled world. I thank you for giving me the opportunity to support the words so well .said by the mover and seconder of the resolution. Mr. Havenga: You, sir, have merited our thanks for the manner in which you have presided over our deliberations. Yours was certainly 110 enviable task. We have assembled here from the ends of the earth with as many points of view and peculiar interests as there are states represented. You have patiently guided the Conference to its conclusion, and I think I may say that no greater demands were made on the patience of Job. We have to thank you and through you the Canadian people for the warmth of your welcome. But not even that welcome could make us anticipate the generous nature of the hospitality which Canada has showered upon us. We have felt during our sojourn in this strange land that we were friends among friends. You, Mr. Chairman, have placed us in a strange dilemma. You have convened the Conference in a building above the portals of which there is inscribed the warning that where there is no vision the people perish. I do not know whether the results of this Conference manifest vision on our part or whether they augur well for the people. For ourselves it would be futile to pretend that we return rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves. Consequently there is no bitterness in any disappointments we may have suffered. We have concluded some trade agreements with other members of the Commonwealth and we are satisfied that we have come to equitable arrangements, respecting as regards others that self-determination which we ourselves have always claimed as our right. We are convinced that only by proper coordination of healthy self-interest with a due realization of our common interests can an ideal economic organization become practicable in a league of nations such as our Commonwealth. The fruits of this Conference should not be measured merely by money considerations. We have gained muCh from personal contact and from the spoken word. We have gained a clearer understanding of each other's hopes and aspirations. Telegrams and dispatches are lifeless things, but we gain much in sympathy interpreted in the light of human association. If I may be permitted to say just a word as to your country, upon which nature seems to have lavished her gifts in the wildest profusion, it is inhabited by a people whose circumstances are very much like our own, old in traditions of culture yet lusty with youthful' manhood. When I consider its immense resources and the character of its people I am confident that any setbacks it
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