SUGAR CONVENTION.
. « — GREAT BRITAIN'S WITH-. ' DRAWAL. BOUNTIES "WILL NOT BE REVIVED. Jy Teloeraph—Press Association—Copyrichl London, August 7. Mr. Lewis Harcourt has telegraphed to th© Governors of sugar-producing colonies, announcing Great Britain's withdrawal from the Sugar Convention, and regretting the necessity for taking the step, which, however, Vfhs in the Motherland's interest. Tho policy would hot commend itself to the colonies, but he confidently anticipated that the withdrawal would not materially affect their interests. Mr. Harcourf s message concludes -.—"The contracting parties other than Great Britain signed protocols prolonging the convention. This guarantees that tho bounties will not bo tevived for five years. Sir Roper Lethbridgo (president of the Aiiti-Tea Duty League), in a. letter discussing the withdrawal, eays that the steps taken enriches the cocoa manufacturers and German beet-growers mainly at the oxponse of India's great sugar industry.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1514, 9 August 1912, Page 5
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138SUGAR CONVENTION. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1514, 9 August 1912, Page 5
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