"We have found in our deliber tions n spirit of mutual good will and an earnest desire for ce-opera. tion in promoting the prosperity of the several parts of the Empire." This, a phrase in the loyal address sent by the members of the Imperial Conference to the King at the last meeting of the Conference on Monday, - expresses the spirit of the meetings which have concluded. The Dominion Prime Ministers and others taking Part of the Conference are highly satisfied with the work don haps the general atmosphere of the Conference is best summed up-in the words of a Minister who hi been present at every meeting ai who gave this message: "Its spi was the thing that struck me most about the whole Conference. I have attended all the Imperial Conferences since 1911, and on this occasion detected anew spirit. One could not help feeling that the Empire had now reached a definite stage in the development. Up till now we have thought of the Empire 8 being the Mother Country, as a focus with the Dominions spread out at the end of lines on the map. From the atmosphere of this year's meeting it seems that this conception has changed, and that we must now think of the Empire as. doing a web, each part having a definite relationship to each other part, We have now the different, parts of the Empire trading toxether and communicating" direct. 'The practical results of the Conference have been considerable, but to my mind it is the spirit' of fanding which has made it-apparent that is most to be The friendly spirit of the Conference was well indicated the brief speeches which were made at the final meeting. Mr, Mackenzie!
ug, the Premier of Canada, remarked that it must be acknowledged that the greatest achievement of the Conference was the evidence its proceedings had afforded of the common standard, the fundamental unity of purpose' and ideals, and the desire to work out a sound basis, for enduring ce-operation which had marked all its doliberat Mr. Bruce was of opinion that it was not too much to say that they had made an epoch-making advance. He felt that the status of the Dominions, as individual nations had been increased, while at the same time the prestige of the whole Empire had been considerably enhanced, General Hertzog said he left fully'
tified that whatever he wanted to have and to attain had been attained at the meetings of—the Conference, and, what was more, it had been attained with the full ce-operation and sympathy of all. 'Mr. Baldwin, in concluding the proceedings of' the Conference, ex-prested the opinion that its work had been marked by as fine a spirit as that of any Conference that had ever met in this country.
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