"ALMOST A CORPSE."

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"ALMOST A CORPSE."

. V IMPERIAL PREFERENCE QUESTION. CANADIAN VIEWS. V ' f CRITICISM IN PARLIAMENT. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Ottawa, January 24. The West Indies reciprocity agreement was debated on its second reading in, the House of Commons. Mr. McLean declared that the Liberals were ready to welcome the tariff agreement with tiny country. Dr. Clark said that the question of preferential trade within the Empire is now almost, a corpse. In Great Britain tariff reform was dead. Canada ought to follow fiee-trade id Great Britain's, footsteps.: Ho criticised, Mr. Foster's proposal to initiate l trade preference with Australia and Germany, while refusing the United States offer, although the latterV trade, was worth twenty times as much. The trouble with Mr. Foster's Australian trip was the expenses of travelling, whioh were likely to exceed the actual benefits received.. Tue trip was meioly a frivolous piece of statesmanship. Nero was seriousminded .compared with Mr.'Foster, . /' ——- ' "BEST PREFERENCE POSSIBLE." IF UNIONISTS. WIN ELECTIONS, (Rec. January-26, 5.5 p.m.) . ■ London, January 25. • Mr. Bonar Law, Unionist leader, speaking at Edinburgh, 6aid that the recent crisis left the Unionist party united from top to bottom. If they won the elections the. Dominions would be given, the best preference possible, without the .imposition of new food duties.