BRITISH POLITICS.
THE FISCAL QUESTION.
By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright Roceivod 10.58 p.m., June 1.
London, June 1. | In the House of Lords Lord Lansdowne, in reply to a question, said the now Gorman tariff was undoubtedly even more injurious to British trade than the last, even though mitiguted by the favored nation treatment to Britain. The draft was not accepted, mainly because Britain insisted on tho Colonies’ right to frame special arrangements between themselves and the Motherland without extondmg the I advantages to foreigners. It was unsatisfactory that British commercial interests should depend upon the crumbs allowed to fall from negotiations between other Powers and Germany. Smos Britain treated German imports with extreme generosity there ought to be some return, but so far there was nothing.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1470, 2 June 1905, Page 2
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