IMPERIAL POLITICS.
(Received 8.40 a.m.) London, January 26. Mr Bonar Law at Edinburgh said the Hag of Imperial preference would not be hauled down, if the party were returned, it would impose a moderate tariff on foreign manufactures, lower than existed in any industrial country, and would endeavour to establish co-operation throughout the Empire. In addition to defence, it would help farmers in many ways by better housing, establishing small landowners, making ’more people live on the land, and encouraging beet-growing. lbs party hoped to remove some of the existing food duties. If Home Rule was enforced in Ulster by British bayonets, the Government would be blown sky-high. WELSH DISESTABLISHMENT. (Received 9.0 a.m.) London, January 26. Eight thousand six hundred and sixty petitions have been ‘presented to the House of Commons against the Welsh Church Disestablishment Bill, with over two million signatures, and two petitions with two signatures in favour.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 24, 27 January 1913, Page 6
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150IMPERIAL POLITICS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 24, 27 January 1913, Page 6
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