"By helping the peoples of the] Empire to know and understand one another it will strengthen their Powe ers of common effort. By letting the people of "other countries to" see Something. of ourselves it-will help iiiem to appreciate more clearly our work and aims. "Yet we must member that the Exhibition is being held in Scotland and was brought Into. Doing by Scottish -enterpris initiative sand" money. It is "very fiting, for" Scotland has made and! will continue to" make a notable contribution to Imperial development.
"People of Scoltsh birth and origin are found. in all corners of. the 'Empire, and if they atone came home {o'visit the Exhibition the high at= tendance we expect would be real zed. T hope "in fact that many' them will come, and many people also from countries outside the Empire, Never Bae fir Fence he Chinese solder, he continued, bal note ta' cos, bet a
folder was Nghtng for something' merle ie eras the dates could not understand. He" ldSnot Grant to Right but waned fo get boot Nome te euiy os pose, China, Mr, Sun Fo exerted, would over tu ior "pence at tong Tapanods solder Was on Chines all ethene" interesting' dels avott the! gloria warlae'S cared behind Sopanese nes" ands Breed the opinion that China wath Eirprise the world by her resanoe "Tre hole inviting "MEE te mastog' bore tee chonrares Rrehibehd Sines ihe erst Opposition leader, sir John "Ward: Tewraine, Conservative "he Airector of railway. "nance: a mamuctorng'conpentet osa tot Philip Not Bake fener) Rata "these visitors wilt see much of Scotland hersoit and wilt recapture something of her spirit and traditions, They will, 7 believe, see a now Scot land Dein bullt'on the traditions the old Scotland and witt carry away ith them an' impression of vitality ind enterprise, and of the resolve on the part of "Scotland to keep the notable place in Imperial and "world affairs which she has occupied in the past.
Typltying World Tasks "Meanwhile, the Exhibition typifies its hundred pavilions and 178 acres the many tasks of the whole world today. In "Our "Commonwealth of nations, we have $00,000,000 peopl 'They' trade with each other to the extent, of £700,00,000' per year, and with the rest of the world to the extent, or '21,80,000{00.
"Neither the United Kingdom nor any of the component parts of the Enmpite Is, of seeks 10 be, a closed For agricultural products. and industrial raw materials, the United! Kingdom remains. the. great entrepot ofthe world—a trade worth over 4£110,000,000 Test year." And this ives our. community" its special character—a "world "community, Sponsive to all currents. and all hanges—but all this must fest upon stoma and consotidatea' base"
"AL was an idea very nest the heart of my father, Whose" proudest Lille was that of Colonial Secretary.
the ideal which T have. done my utmost to forward, nol. for a harrow aim alone, but because I firmly' believe that the frst duty we Wye fo the world is to do our utmost With the regions for' which we, and Wwe alone, have responsibility: Reuter.
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