ECONOMIC TRADE AGREEMENT
England And Dominions With America ROOSEVELT'S DESIRE (Received 6, 11.45 a.m.)' LONDON, May 5, The Australian Associated Pres* political eorrespondent learns that fhd Imperial Conference is being inaugurated at St. James's Palace. It is tha first Imperial Conference tq be opened at the Royal Palace. Apart from be* ing appropriate for the jubilee, the con-» fqrence is regarded as a fittiijg soend for Coronation yiar, and alsq appro* priate to the new status. It is understood the British Govern* ment is anxious that Prime Ministers discuss a moV^mqnt toward3 Iowqring the world 's tariff bftrriers. gi? Arthue Willert, lately of the Foreign Qfflee, who has just returned from America and generally believed to be jnspired by- Mr. CordeU Hull, announeed ia m speech in London?— Mr. Cordell Hull desires that England and the Dominions join in a new economic trade agreement with the Unitqd States, Thli would mean pacrifice by Britaia* Moreover, the Dominions would not easily reconeile concessions to America with Imperialpreferencej nevertheless, the Empire *e first business in the uew reign should b* tq grasp Mr, Roosevelt's ecnomie hand of assistanee.7'
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 93, 6 May 1937, Page 5
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