London, March 16.
The Rt. Hon W. M. Hughes, High Commissioner for Australia, was the guest at a dinner given yesterday by the Chambers of Commerce of the Empire.
Ina he said:—"Viotory will crown our arms when we have bent our every energy to the supre-mo purpose of eradicating influence from British trade and our national life.
"The question of Britain's future trade and general policy is " vital one to the Dominions and some indication of it ought to be disclosed without delay as it is impossible to ion till after than an economic revolution will meet the position, The British Empire must be organized for trade, industry, economic justice, national defence, the preservation of the peace of the world and the proteotion of the weak against the strong. It is to organization that Germany owes her tremendous streng: h."
The Rt. Hon. Herbert Samuel said that the problem of Imperial unity was ripe for solution. There was an intense feeling among the nation that after the war we shall not be able again to enter into friendly and equal trade relations with our present enemies. Personal-
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