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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 211, 2 October 1903, Page 3

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BT HJDOTBIO I'KEiKOBAFfI— UOPYRIQFTi FlSCai REFORM, FKB PEBBB ASSOCIATION. London, September 30. Two thousand delegaWs xd 160 members of tho Honse of Commons will attend the Conservative Conference at Sheffield to hear Mr Balfour speak. Lord Strathcons, on being interViewed, declared that Freetrade within the Empire was impossible so far as the colonies were concerned, with their thousands of miles of high wall Protection. In Canada, Freetrade was Impracticable. He added that Mr Chamberlain did not intend to impose duties all round, only to tax a few articles selected in conference. Lord Strathcona did not believe 2s duty od wheat and flour would increase the price of bread a farthing. Canada wanted only moderate paeferenee. LORD GEORGE HAMILTON'S SEASONS FOR RESIGNING. Received 1, 10.59 p.m. London, October 1. Lord George Hamilton, in a letter to the Conservative Association at Ealing, encloses, by permission, his letter to Mr Balfour wherein he resigned bis portfolio. He adda that the letter wawritten on 15th in ignorance of Mr Chamberlain's resignation and of the elimination of ell matters relating to preference from the Gjvernmen' 'a programme. The first intimation 1 e received of the great change reached him through the morning newspaper on the 18th. His letter of resignatiou declared that after discussion in the Cabinet, and the knowledge of the fiscal proposals Mr Balfour proposed to advocate, he was compelled to resign. For many years he had been convicced that til i greatest danger to our industries was from foreign rivals. Eon.- mical and scientific methods of producing anything tending to raise the pi ice of production in Britain would be injurious to trade, and the interference or reversal of the policy of free imports would operate in that direction. An; advantage which report made it appear would accrue from protection or retaliation, mu6t be at the Home consumers Mcpense. MR CHAMBERLAIN'S MANIFESTO. Received ], 11.39 p.m London, October 1. Mr Chamber leiu, in a ccming manifesto, will shape the preface to a series of articles by the Vice-Secretary of the Imperial Tariff Committee. He elaborates the chief points of his Birmingham speech, including the tax on breadßtuffi'. Received 2, 1.7 a.m. London, October 1, Over 20,000 persons have applied for the 5000 seats at the Olympia Hall, Newcastle, to hear Mr Chamberlain's forthcoming speech. COMMENTS ON LORD GEORGE HAMILTON'S LETTER. Received 2,1 a.m. London, October 1. Lord George Hamilton's letter has caused an uopieasant sensation in political circles. The Liberal newspapers infer that Mr Balfour was in secret collusion with one colleague, and that the others -were misled. The Morning Post expresses a hope that Mr Balfiur in b s Shi ffield speech will vouchsafe a fuller knowledge of the subject. The J imea states that Mr Chamberlain's resignation was effered, but co* £ accepted, when the Cabinet m%t on the 14th. If Mr Chamberlain did not see fit, Mr Balfour was hardly uUed upon to mention the fact. At any ra'ai' was known to the other memb rs of the Cabinet, even if Lord George H.m'lon failed to bsccme acquainted therewith, but in any case Lord George Hamilton's letter rejects Mr Balfour's equally with Mr Chamberlain's policy, therefore his ignorance of Mr Chamberlain's resignation was not connected with his action politically. There is a growing impression that' Lord Milner will decline to join the Cabinet.

I (toLlUiil GKISiS. Per .Pi'fss Association. .London, September 30. ~ A large meeting at St. Jmea's Hall, at which Mr Bryc-, M.P., was (he J chief spo_k- r, aud the Bishop of Wor- ), cv■ r 3 i,ar pivsj-JcJ, urged a movement to I bummou thePoweis to appoint a Euvot p:;;n administration for Macedonia. bir li. B. Millet, in a letter published . in the limes, c ndeniDS the efforts of > British sympathisers with the Mace- , > domans to involve Great. Britain wit h r Turkey, Ho says the Powers are sure . to leave Britain in a position of 3 splendid isolation, involving her igno minious retreat or a serious war, which 1 '» unjustifiable, exc?p ing the safety of , 'he Empire were threatened, ) Constantinople, September 30. Colonel Zau chtft, the revolutionary 5 leader, has ordered 20 bands of insur--3 gf-nts to resume guerilla tactics in i Eastern Macedonia. FJty thousand Turkish recruits have been summoned to complete the i strength _of the Nizal battalions in Macedonia. MASSACRE OF CHRISTIANS. 1 INSURGENTS DEFE AT TURKS, i MEETING OF EMPERORS. PACIFIC INTENTIONS. Received 2,0.30 a.m. J t Sofia, October 1. _ Reports received sta'e that the mv J jor.ty of Christians at Bazloe were massacred. About 40 insurgents, who were well ' posted at Pirin, were attacked by Turkish troops, whereof they killed and * wounded 200 (luring a five hours fi«ht. r The insurgents' casualties were nomi- : oal, Yienma, Octob?r 1. \ Jne Czar basanivod on a visit to Vienna. t A', a luncheon in the Royal Palace in SchouEhrunn, cordhl speeches were , lehvered by the Emperor Joseph and tin Ozar, a hope being expressedthat their complete harmony of views wf.fi an earnest of the success of th< ir efforts « tosettle the Macedonian trouble. The Czir emphasised the humanitarian aim they wtre jointly pursuing, urging firmness, and perseverance in pursuance of the m thod most fr ted to ' the real, permanent pacification strengthening of a general peace.