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CONSTITUTIONAL - REFORM ASSOCIATION.
THE ANNUAL MEETING,
the affairs of this Colony should be directed by a Connell, presided over by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, composed of officials and unoficials with experience of Coy- kon.**
Mr. Holyoak bere interpolated the comment that if the word "Hong kong" were substituted for "Cey- lan” it would meet their owa 0656. "We are not at present in possession
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na to make detailed proposals. They may be fraised at a later date, after consultation with persons MATO intimately connected with the affairs } { ( of the Colonial Office. We would, however, suggest that subordinate officials in London should be drawn | · | from the varions Colonies, and that such senior officers as may be recall ed from Ceylon for service in Eng- land, should, after five years' rez- vice there, retire on full Colonial persion and so make way for new men. In this manner the Secretary of State would be supplied with a staff of officers having an intimate knowledge of the Colony's affairs and needs.**
"We would like to suggest, how. ever, that if the reorganization of the Colonial office which we have recommended is approved, steps should be taken to communicate with other Crown Colonies with a view to obtaining co-operation in pressing our demand for reform. | Should other Crown Colonies be willing to join with us the Advisory tion with the control of purely muni- Board which we wish to se con- cipal affairs, it must be along constituted might be enlarged into a stitutional lines. It was interesting general Council of members from aote that the same problems all the Colonies with separate Com- which had engaged them here, had mittees, to deal with the affairs of recently also engaged Ceylon and al-ench several Colony."
to
ties and to promote more sympathe tid working together if they had permanent officials collected from different parts of the Empire who had served an apprenticeship in the
most identically the same problems That clearly put the dificulties The annual meeting of the Hong- had been discussed in much the they had to contend with in a nut- kung Constitutional Reform Asso-same manner as-here. There was shell, and it was because of that ciation was held last evening, at the a common agitation for greater legis that he had ventured to read the City Hall.
lative representation in the Crown portion of the speech of the Chair- The Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak pre-Colonies and he believed it would man. It was perfectly true that in sided, being supported by the Hon. not be long denied. In Ceylon they the Government of the Colonial Mr. E. Pollock, x.c., the Hon. had gone much further than they did Office the administrative portion Mr. C. G. Alabaster, o.B.Z, Messrs. bere because they had advocated had no directive knowledge of the F. B. L. Bowley, J. P. Braga, An- very definitely and clearly the re-Colonies which it governed by ad- drew Forbes, J. W. Graham. A. E. form of the Colonial Office at Home.ministration and they would go far Griffin, E. Ormiston, Mr. H. B LIf they would pardon him he would to solve some of their local difficul- Dowhigein (Hoa, Secretary) and Mr. read the recommendations which the E. A. X. Williams (Hon. Treasurer), European Association in Ceylon The notice, convening the meeting dealing with constitutional reform having been read, the Chairman said affairs advocated in connection with that the Report and Accounts had the Colonial Office. been in the hands of members for "As stated before, the constitu-Colonies with which they had to the last few days and they showed tion of this Office does not make deal. In that case they would not clearly the work on which they had any provision for the association get some of the extraordinary direc been engaged and it was anneces with the officials in England of any tions which came out from time to sary for him to attempt to enlarge one having a personal knowledge of time, and it they added to that a of officials upon it. It was perfectly evident, the Colony, and we believe that in standing committee both from the comments in the Press practice no such person is consulted, whose long residence in different and from the Leaders in the Press. It appears, on the face of it, im-Colonies constituted them more or after the meeting to reform the Con. possible for the affairs of any leas authorities of local needs to stitution. that there was a feeling country to be controlled satisfac-whom reference could be made, it of disappointment that they had not torily by men living six thousand would go a long way towards re- gone far enough. Speaking for him miles away who have never seen form. He did not know that he self, as President, and he knew he either the country or the people could usefully add any further re- spoke on behalf of the Committee, whom they control We are of marks but would only state his con- it was wise to make haste slowly; to, opinion that the blunders which are viction that they intended to con- quote an old proverb, and it would made from time to time in importinue to press, on constitutional and have been extremely foolish, and ant matters might be avoided if reasonable lines, for the redress of especially so at that time, to have there were associated with the local grievances. He begged to) antagonised some of their own Secretary of State persons having move the adoption of the Report' friends. It was perhaps, well to long personal acquaintance with the and Accounts as presented. say that the Committee were not Colony. The Secretary of State for prepared to go as far as some of the India has a Council, of which nine most ardent advocates at that meet-members must have had long and ing, some of whom, were not mem- recent service or residence in British bers of the Association at all. If India. We are further strongly of any reform was to be obtained, as opinion that it is necessary to press they contended it must be obtained, for a reform of the system under with regard to representation on the which Colonial affairs are handled Legislative Council, and in coaaec-in London, and in particular that
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The Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock se- conded and the motion was carried unanimously..
Tire Chairman then moved that the Hen. Me. H. E. Pollock be elected President for the ensuing year.
The Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster se conded and the motion was carried. Replying, the Hon. Mr. H. E. Pol- lock thanked them very much for the bonour they had done him in He was elect him President quite sure that they would appre- ciate the fact that taking on, as he had done recently, more new daties as acting Attorney General, be would have been very glad to stand side because he had plenty of work
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to keep his time and attention occution of race or creed, loyal to the Mr. Sinclair proposed and Mr. pied. But it was represented to him Empire, loyal to the Flag and loyal Sassoon seconded the election of the that possibly the cause of constituto the Throne-(Applause)-British following committee:--: tional reform might suffer if he stood subjects, nevertheless, who felt seri The Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster, aside and so he had accepted the ously that the condition of affairs C..., Mr. F. B. L. Bowley, Mr. J. invitation of the Committee and he which was tolerable or tolerated by P. Braga, Mr. C. Mootague Ede, thanked them very much for electing those who lived in the mid-Victorian Mr. Andrew Forbes, Dr. Chaclos aim President of the Association.
Mr. E Ormiston proposed, and Mr. A. Forbes seconded, the election of the Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster as Vice-President.
This was carried.
era was not necessarily suitable to Forsyth, M. A. E. Griffin, Mr. conditions of thought in the present C. H. P. Hay, Mr. D. E day. Only the other day President Moss. Mr. Henry Humphreys, Mr. --" Wilson, at Paris, said he was at last A. R. Lowe, Mr. Evan Ormiston, beginning to learn that the business Mr. W. L Pattenden, Mr. J. & Plum- of a government was to take counsellmer, Mr. A. Ritchie, Mr. 8. D. Betna, Replying. Mr. Alabaster said he with the average man. The main Mr. D. Templeton, Mr. C. D. Wilkin greatly appreciated the bonour they object of this Association was to son and Mr. W. J. Crawlord.". had done him by electing him vice- see that the Government took coun- Mr. McPherson proposed a vote öf President The Association had sel with the average man. He con- thanks to the retiring committes. been in existence loug enough to sidered that progress, and reform The Chairman replying said that make its influence felt in the com- were twin sisters and they were one hardship of engaging in public munity. He would take this oppor pleased to see that progress and re-life was that one was misunderstood tanity of reminding them not only of form were obtained by constitution and misinterpreted and his owE GX- what they were but also of what they al means. In fact they had carried perience was that he was bombarded were not, because many things had out and intended to carry out in letter by misinterpreters Nevertheless, been said about the Association, and in spirit the sublime injuncther carried en misunderstood or partly in earnest and partly in jest. tions made by H.M. The King in the nderstood. He thought the strong' They were not in any sense a speech from the Throne in February man was one who had his own condi ample of the political, social and in-fast: "Spars no sacrifice, faterest or rictions and defended them because dustrial unrest which had recently prejudice to secure better housing, he believed in them and attempted been convulsing a considerable por to improve the nation's health and to carry them through because he, tion of the surface of the map of raise a standard of well being at any rate, believed them to be Esxope. They were an association throughout the commmity." (AP true. (Applause.) of British subjects without distinc plause.)
The meeting then terminated.