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BRITISH NATIONS
CANADIAN'S VIEWS
Voluntary Association
CANBERRA, Sunday.— The dif
ferences in geography, language
and origin made an Imperial
federation impracticable for
Canada, but they had made pos
sible the voluntary association of
the British nations, said tho
Canadian High Commissioner
(Mi. Justice T. O. Davis) in a
national broadcast to-night.
He also said, in reference to the
Prime Ministers' discussions in
London on Australian proposals
for an Empire secretariat, that the
procedure for future consultations
would eventually be satisfactorily
solved.
"Geographical location must of
necessity have a bearing upon our
foreign policies," he added. "One
might be led to believe these days
that once again the British Com
monwealth Is confronted with a
decision on the great issue of an
Imperial federation, as against
our present system of voluntary
association. No such issue is in
volved. That . issue was settled
many years ago and, in my
opinion, was settled for all time.
"The British Commonwealth is
not going to fall to pieces. Its
strength Ues In its very looseness
of organisation, and upon the all-
lervadlng fact that the essence of
this Commonwealth is freedom.
Canada Is a unit of the British
Commonwealth, end we propose
to remain as such."
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