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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 219, 12 October 1903, Page 2

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MR. CHAMBEKL'aN'S CAMPAIGN. A FEDERATED AND UNITED EMPIRE. Per Trees A«Sf>cmtion. London, October 9. Mr Ch.'imSeriairj, in a speech at Oup.<-, hopefully anticipated that the 'wh'k-rs w.juU help in achieving the ;>ieat cl khi- obj ct of hie political life, " Wi; mu>= ," ho Slid, "look to the •:olui i-H *o shru tho burdens, as hither-

o tii-y a :.roi tho priv 1-ges, of the Kttpiiv. Wrt iauHt treat tbem as rela!i\- hj, who ci id.rn mint be considered." Thi) muv.e iS i man reiched Australia o:' Canada he Liofwiged bis Oobden vi-.'.vs fo:' ps'aio:if!, or wh&t opponent! -■4l'A p o'ic-.iuiiicti view*. R ffrriog f.irih>rto tli9 colonies, Mr UhamberUin eaid, " Their u'.rong sentiment of union must be reciprocated. If we lecoguiao their ideao, and give up some of our prejudices, and even make some sic ificei for tbe Empire we all share in, then I am confident the great sentiment will transmit itself, with something stronger, to our hearts, and become a union in fact*, and we will hate* an Empi.o federated and strengthened, and united, if needed, against the world. OPPOSITION BPHEOHES. GERMAN OPINIONS.

Losdok, October 9.

The Right Hon. H. Asquith (formerly Liberal Hone Secretary) in a speeoh at Uindorford said retaliation would be futile, and would injure moat the party who used it. Biitain tntutt fight the tariff with free imports, lfc was impossible to retaliate against; Russia and the United States without' injuring ourselves. He ridiculed what he described ad Mr Chamberlain'* " hysterical dump-phobia." He said! B itain's great asset of the Umpire ought not to bo treated as an eppeodage to the colonies. He denied that trade was stagnant, that assertion was) based on fallacies, Mr Chamberlain entirely ignored the Horns trade, and the carrying trade had been selected in an abnormal yeir for comparison. The statement that the Empire would break up without preferential trade was a pure assumption, a calumny upon the colonies, and a slur upon the Empire. Protection was on an inclined plane, the/e being no halting uotil the b3ttom wac reached. Unless preference was given to raw materials, wool and food, it would be impotable to establish a logical echem*, and any attempt would hi sure to oust rivalry and di-co.d.

Professor Bryce, M.P., speaking ** Lancaster, said that Mr Oham v j 6 rlain r » case restrd upon a tissue of blunder*, »ts edifioe being utterly M tten and worthless.

The Right Hon, Garald Balfour, President of the Bor r( j 0 f Trade, in a speeoh at Leeds Britain wanted freer trade, no* unalloyed protection. The Society of Railway Servants at Peterborough re-, solved that Mr Chamberlain's propo«.;i would add to the worksrs burdens, and prove ineffectual, and promote Imperial unity. The German press exhibits the greatest reserve regarding Mr Obamberlain's speech, I German busine?s men admit that a ten per cent retaliatory duty would severely hit German industries, especially combined with preference to the colonies.

AN KNTHOSUBTXO 01BLI. FRENCH PBBBB COXVKHX& Received 11,9.12 ».m. Lorobw, October 10, Sir A. H. Himp, ex Premier of Natal, has cabled:—" Glasgow speech grand. Ohamberlainfor ever!" The Paris newspaper Gauloit de< oribes Mr Balfour as a prudent and far seeing Statesman, opposed by out and out protectionists as well as by uneompromising free traders. The newspaper Patrie declare* Mr Ohamberlain is the enemy of Fraco*. He failed to make war with cinnoft over the Fashoda iVeMent, bit new wishes to make ngatnst her wkb preferential tariffs, CONTINENTAL SUSPICION.

OAMPAIGN BY FREK-WODB8& Lovdov, October 10. Mr Chamberl lin's scheme is regarded with coolness and inspioion on the Oontioent. A hundred thousand copies of Mr Balfour's pamphlet embodying his Sheffield speech have been sold. Tre Free food Unionists have decided to oouduct an active Autumn campaign, AMERICAN VIEWS. ALARMED AT THE PROBPBOT. AUSTRIAN SUGGESTION FOB RETALIATION. Received 12, 0 26 a.m. New York, September 11. The New York morning journal ex!p esnes a belief that the colonies do 'not desire an Imperial customs union, and declares that protection has more than doubled the cost of living in the United States.

Tne proti ctionist New York prow praises Mr Obarabedam from a British standpoint, bat is alarmed on behalf of the United States. Viewta, October 11. The Neue Freie Presse says that protection engenders h<gher protection, und puggostg Europe and Ameiioa replying by continuom retaliation. Bun\ Pksth, October 11. The pipnr Pester Lloyd says the British voter mutt decide whether the workmen will buy tea, coffee, and cocoa cheaper than bread and moat.