By " happy coincidence the year of the Coronation was marked by the meeting of the Imperi ference in which for the first tim: the representatives of the great Dominions were admitted into the fall confidence of the Government regarding the aims and methods of our foreign policy. And having' surveyed together the strategic aspects of the Empire we lo to come to a complete agreement concerning the reciprocal parts that we were to take in its naval and military defence.
The proceedings of the Conference mark a significant advance in the policy of ce-operation without centralization, which is increasingly recognized to be the best safeguard of our Imperial unity and strength.
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