10 NOVEMBER 1928, Page 2

On November 3r4,, Sir William Clark was welcomed kr the

Dominion Government of Canada. Mr. Mackenzie King emphasized the significance of the appointment of the first British High Commissioner to Canada, and said it was a most important step in effective co-operation between the British and Canadian Governments. Sir William Clark made an admirable reply, in which he• pointed out that we have evolved "a philosophy of Empire which places our. Commonwealth in a wholly different category from the great political aggregations of the past. Liberty is its fundamental principle, its essential aim." *