Brilliant Scene at the Lord Mayor's Reception: The Premier's Outline of jthe Government's Home and Foreign Policy: The Empire Exhibition London, Nov. 10. here were the customary bril-Want scenes in the historic library at the Guildhall to-night on the occasion of the Lord Mayor's reception, The glittering uniforms, the multi-coloured frocks of the ladies and the scarlet and black robe Cabinet' Ministers were greeted with hand-clapping, but a warm Vocal reception, which is unusual at these gatherings, was accorded Mr, Winston Churchill, Mr, Austen Chamberlain, toasting the Foreign Ambassadors, declared that he spoke not only in.the name of Great Britain, but of the overseas Dominions. He referred to the Wenibley Exhibition which had been invaluable "in stimulating inter-Imperial trade and in extending Knowledge of -the Empire. The Government did not intend that this great enterprise should come to an Untimely end.—Practically the whole of the capital expenditure had been already incurred and the cost of re-opening next year and thus allowing many more millions Jof people to the Exhibition N would not be great: Great Britain, he said, would not be able to stand alone in this matter, but the Government would ask Parliament to provide. fresh sufficient guarantees if they were adequately supported by the other parties concerned.
Whatever might be the defects of the new administration, Mr. Baldwin declared, it would not fail to importance of preserving the unity of the Empire, the intercourse between the various parts of which, he said, should be intimate and oonatant, and enable them to speak to the world in a single voice.
The speaker paid a tribute to the League of Nations. He alluded to the Empire's peaceful aims and its desire for more intimate friendship with its war-time al In conclusion, Mr. Chamberlain welcomed the ce-operation of the confronting the world.
Mr, Stanley Baldwin, who had a very enthusiastic ovation, humourously likened Mr. Churchill and Mr. Chamberlain to the City of London's traditional giants, Gog and Magog: "one will guard the pockets of the people; the other will guard our policy "abroad."
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