FOOD TAXES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1631, 24 December 1912, Page 7

FOOD TAXES.

THE UNIONIST CRISIS, PARTY DIFFERENCES. DISCUSSED IN CAMERA. "ELECTORAL OUTLOOK QUEERED." By Teleeraph—Press Association—Oonyrteht (Rcc. December 23, 11.10 p.m.) London, December 23. Under Lord Derby's chairmanship 300 delegates at the Lancashire Unionists' Association discussed party differences behind closed doors. Tho meeting then adjourned till January 11. Lord Derby said that differences can bo adjusted. The "Glasgow Herald" considers that if the Imperial Conference expressed a wish that preference might be granted' in some other form than by food taxes, the Unionist Government would seek another way. Most Unionists would prefer that. The "Irish Times" says that Lord Lansdowne and Mr. Bonar Law had decreed that the general election is to be fought on the tariff reform issue, not on Home Eulc. Tho leaders' hod queered tho electoral outlook, and changed certainty to a very alarming uncertainty. INDIA AND PREFERENCE. HER MANUFACTURING INTERESTo. (Eec. December 23, 11.10 p.m.) London, December 23. The Earl of Crewe, in a letter replying to Mr. Bonar Law, says that the manufacturers in the Dominions would have power to protect themselves against the Motherland's manufacturers, whereas the Indian manufacturers would lack that power. 'To secure Home markets," he says, "tho Indian manufacturers will defend themselves. If Mr. Bonar Law begins to negotiate he will find India eager for international Free-trade, but will certainly stipulate for the same privileges as tho self-governing colonies."