The Federal Conference on Education was formally opened by Lord
Crewe at the Caxton Hall on Friday week. Lord Crewe, after paying a well-deserved tribute to the League of Empire for its services in organising the Conference, which, he added, was being held under official sanction and encourage- ment, dwelt on the value of a full and frank interchange of ideas which such a Conference rendered possible, and expressed the hope that it would only be the first of a series to be held in London or Other centres of the Empire. Other speakers at the opening meeting were Lord Tennyson, president of the Empire League ; the Governor of the Falkland Islands, as a representative of the Crown Colonies ; Mr. Bent, Prime Minister of Victoria, who claimed that they were in advance of Germany in education; Dr. Parmelee, of Quebec.; and the Vice Chancellors of Oxford and Glasgow Universities.
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