BIG BUSINESS CONFERENCE IN LONDON

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2804, 23 June 1916, Page 5

BIG BUSINESS CONFERENCE IN LONDON

By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright (Rec. June 22, 9.20 p.m.) London, Juno 21. The Lord Mayor presided at a conference at tho Mansion House of five hundred of tho most prominent business men in Britain, representative of aU branches of trade and industry. Tho conference xave a cordial reception to the speeches which were delivered by Mr, \f. 11. Hughes (Australian Primo Miuis. ter), and Mr. Foster (Canadian Minister for Trade), offering an indication that leading trade circles earnestly sup. port tho fulfilment of the recominenda. tions of the Paris Conference. Mr. Hughes denounced tho pro-Ger. man firms which in Britain were acting as caretakers of Germany's 'nterests, hopefully awaiting the resumption of friendly relations. "We must slam tho door on those hopes." Mr. Foster emphasised Canada's singleminded support of tho policy that the resources of the Empire must bo reserved primarily for our own people and our own posterity,

OPINIONS ON THE PARK CONFEREy Telegraph-Press Association-Conyrielit London, June 21 The "Westminster Gazette" considers that trade conditions after the war should be determined by the conditions of peace. The idea/of a trade war after tho war implies an inconc'nisive peaco Tho "Manchester Guardian" • recommends the fixing of a term for the resumption of normal relations, and argues that if the Allies refuse cheap supplies these will go to neutrals, who will Rain nt the belligerents' expense, and alone Jm ve 3 ert -T. °i tr ? <le ""' ith sides. Ihe GuaTdinu" ad<is: The Conference in demanding rigid protection for a transitional period, ought to have suggested freo exchange of goods between the Allies. The proposals as a whole should be scrutinised from tho standpoint of their probable effect in accelerating or'retarding tho country's revival after the war." FRENCH PRESS' OPINION. . (Rec. J u ne 22, 9.20 p.m.) mi r. i. ti u <""ion/June 22. lne ireneh Press unanimously rejoices in the work which the Paris Conference has accomplished,