29 MARCH 1924, Page 10

Since the doctrine of self-determination has been so widely _accepted

throughout the world, there is not so much reference to the White Man's Burden, but the burden is there just as much as when Kipling wrote his lines : " Take up the white man's burden, send forth the best ye breed." Certainly this country has no reason to be ashamed of the men she sends across the seven seas to do her Empire-building for her.