CANADA AND THE STATES
BY BiECTRIO TELEGRAPH-COPYRIGHT.] [PER PRESB ASSOCIATION.] LONDON, February 19. Mr W. Hewins, Secretary of the English Tariff Commission, speaking at Rochdale (Lancashire), said that the Reciprocal Agreement between Canada and. America, was the first step towards the formation of a North American Zollverein scheme.
The Reciprocal railway rates foreshadowed in President Taft's message to Congress were of incaluclahle importance, seeing that the new movement would raise counter ideals between the two peoples and he an immediate disadvantage to Great Britain.
- It was a serious question how to account for Mr Bryce's (British Ambassador _to tlie United States) strange silence. The Government 'had the telegram of Lord Grey (tihe Governor - General) of January 27 giving full details of the agreement for seventeen days before it was published.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 February 1911, Page 3
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130CANADA AND THE STATES Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 February 1911, Page 3
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