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THE CORDWAINERSV BANQUETv^
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Tho Cordwain»re' Company entertained tho
Proniiers of the self-governing .colonies ut a
banquet in the Hotel Cecil last night, : and
the cucsts - indnded a numbor of other nota
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His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, alluding
to tho patriptio spirit which induced tbo.
colonies to send representatives of their' mili-
tary' forces to tho Jubil^dedajxd,that;thsiji
appaaranco in London had boon a rovelation
to the, people, who had hitherto not recognised
them as an Iraporial force to be reckoned on. ;
. Tho Right .Hon. Joseph Chamberlain^
Secretary of State for. the Colonies, expressed'
the opinion that the dominant note through-1
pat the whole of the proceedings in connoction:
with th'e celebration of the Queen's Diamond
Jubilee waa the supreme obligation cast
upon the nation to maintain the unity of the'
Empire. - It was to the intorest of both the
colonies and tho motherland to strengthen the'
ties now existing between them. The fedora-*
tion of tho Australian States was, he believed; \
only the tint step to federation of the Empire,-^
but upon tbo colonies themselves lay, the onuv
of docidiog', when they desired- to share in
Imperial responsibilities and privileges. . ;
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