Colonial Policy during and after the War

Abstract

LORD LLOYD'S statement on recent developments in colonial policy in reply to Lord Faringdon in the House of Lords on December 17 is of the greatest moment, not only as being in the nature of an interim report on the steps which have been taken to implement previous declarations of policy in colonial affairs, but also as affording an indication of the line along which it is at present the aim of the allied powers responsible for colonial dependencies to direct future and post-war policy in inter-State relations. The British Government, earlier in the present year, pledged itself to a policy of colonial development so far as conditions might allow during the continuance of hostilities; while, in administration, liaison arrangements with the French Colonial Empire had already been brought into operation before the collapse of France. This co-operation between Colonial Governments, Lord Lloyd stated, has not only begun but is also being deepened every day during the War, and will be continued afterward when all the Colonial Governments will be free from the daily fear of Nazi aggression.