Tlie Empire Is Splitting
(From the Chapel Hill Weekly)
The old way was to dump
some tea overboard in Boston
harbor, burn George the Third
in effigy, issue a Declaration of
Independence, raise an army,
and drive the British out of your
country.
The new way is much easier
and more polite. Your emis
saries go to London, attend re
ceptions at the royal palace, sit
down to glittering banquets,
confer with cabinet ministers,
and, albeit with many protesta
tions of undying friendship, in
form the British government
that hereafter you will attend
to your own affairs in your own
sweet way.
All the honeyed words of dip
lomats cannot conceal the fact
that the decision reached at the
Imperial Conference last week
weakens the bonds between the
mother country and the overseas
dominions. The “equal status”
of England and its dominions is
recommended in the Conference
report—and when “equal stat
us” arrives imperial rule de
parts.
“Empire Exists No More,
View of Dominions’ Status”—
this is the headline over the New
York Herald-Tribune’s despatch
announcing the result of the
meeting, and the London Times
says: “The old conception of
Great Britian as a parent na
tion has been swept away.”
There is much talk of loyalty to
the crown. “The monarchy”,
says the London Morning Post,”
is now recognized as the one in
dispensable institution of the
Empire,” and the Daily Mail
says that Great Britian is held
together “not by logic or force,
but by common allegiance to the
crown.” How much this allegi
ance amounts to is problemati
cal. It is likely that the spirit
of allegiance to the crown is far
less vigorous in Canada and
Australia and South Africa
than it is in England.
A rope may have the appear
ance of great strength as long
as it is not put to a test—and
then may give way at the first
heavy strain. While peace en
dures, and while there are no
important conflicts in interest
between England and its colo
nies, there is no reason to fear
that the bond will not hold. But
if there be a war, what then?
The Princess Pats and the An
zacs went to France to fight in
the World War. But that strug
gle brought new ideas. One
idea that came out of it was
“the rights of small nations.”
Plainly the British colonies con
sider themselves nations
(though not small) and are de
termined to function as such. It
is doubtful, to say the least, that
they would join another war
simply upon a cabled call from
Downing street. They would
want to have their part in the
decision.
The principal labor journal in
London, the Daily Herald, calls
the Imperial Conference’s re
port a “masterpiece of evasion,”
and goes on to say: “The real
problems of inter-dominion re
lations have either been ignored
or referred to future discussion.
That the committee should flinch
from considering the tremend
ous implications contained in the
right of separate treaty-making,
first affirmed in 1923, was per
haps natural. But that it should
equally have feared to tackle
such questions as appeals to the
Privy Council, or even the re
lation of British consuls to do
minion citizens in foreign coun
tries, is almost ridiculous.”
“The English”, says the
Greensboro News, are taking a
step which may become of ex
treme importance to the history
of the nations but which, beyond
doubt, is an immediate recogni
tion of a situation which has
been forced upon them.” Which
is correct. They have seen the
Empire splitting, and, since
they can’t prevent the split
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