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The real issue about freedom is much more likely to

appear when discussions arise on the practical qualifications of Dominion freedom which are necessary to enable the Empire to present a solid front and a coherent policy to the world. General Smuts has often pointed out that the Dominions arc too morbidly intent upon the assertion of their freedom within the Empire to remember the vast importance of solidarity in all the exterior aspects of Imperial policy.

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