TARIFF WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 March 1910, Page 3

TARIFF WAR.

PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT.

URGED. [BY BIiKCTRIO TEMSGRAFH-COPTRiailT.] [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] (Received This Day, 8.-50 a.m.) LONDON, March, 25. The Times , "Washington correspondent says that a chorus of protests by telegraph against the threatened tariff war are reaching the Government. The Republican party are greatly impressed by the protests, and urge a peaceful settlement of the matter. The unpopularity of tho tariff is growing both in the East nnd West. The Morning Post states that President Taft requested Mr Bryce, the British Ambassador, to impress Canada with the necessity of concessions. This is the first time Mr Bryce has bad an interview with President Taft since the negotiations began. PARTS, March 25. Despite the French Government's opposition at the- instigation of Sir E. Grey, M.P., the Senate has declinod to modify its ain&ndme'iits increasing the existing duties on British textile machinery by 25 to 30 per cent.