To test the strain that Australian attachment to the imperial connection would bear, we have a right to imagine the contingency of Great Britain being involved in a war with a foreign Power of the first class.
Morley contemplates the potential strain on Australian loyalty to Britain in the event of a major conflict involving the empire.
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