The Islands Question.
LORD DERB^ ; O W TITE BAGIFIO LABOR TRADE.'-
(by electric telegraph.— copyright.) (bbuteb's telegrams.) London, Feb. 10. Lord Derby; informed the deputation from the Free ChnrcK of Scotland which waited on him to~day in reference to 'the .annexation of the New Hebrides, that 'the British Government; did not entertain any design of the kind, -and that personally he was in favor of an ,; Anglo-French agreement to respect the independence of thej Native^ Government;. ; *• ' ; ■ ~*~ J *■'■- The British Government, had, he held, no right'to* prohibit the labor traffic in the Pacific, unless they found it impossible to . regulate .it. # . . A committeewas now sitting for the' purpose of $d#isragji a\ {,5 Vbalfpr/means, of punishing crimes committed by persona engaged! in,'ch&trafiis' ftmo.ngat. the Pacific islands geneially. J \ The Secretary of State for Foreign : Affairs, Lord Granville, had promised to co«operate in giving effect to the ."rfecommenpatibhs. r. J 1 • i. )•' -i 1 \<■ '
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 68, 13 February 1883, Page 2
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151The Islands Question. Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 68, 13 February 1883, Page 2
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