THE FISCAL QUESTION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 2, 4 January 1904, Page 3

THE FISCAL QUESTION.

Mil CiIAMUKItIAIN invithii to YIHIT ACSTIiAUA. Itt'coiv<" 1 2, 9.45 a.m. Ii.\!•:, January 1. Mr lii-akin yes-teiv!ay, in the name of hiiinsvll' arad his coil leaf,/fit's, unil on tfAj'lmll i.l' the people of I'll- 1 Commonwealth, caibhrl to 1 Mr (..-liuiiiT,ierhi'ii in.\ itlvim to vis-it Australia 1 ut. tii.' earliest puss-ible opportunity 'an 1 -.! impress upon our cilizeins tilt l l.'i ou,:l views oi tin- beneficial ill iliii'lkc ol' !liu-.i rio-.u-i' commercial rclations which are your aim to eski;,,li.',!i ti'Uvp.'ii till' s,". t; 1 parts of 1:1,e Imiij.ii'.\ making lor t-hvir tleveli>l nii-ii'i: aiilid stability as a whvriv. \on wo'ukl also ai >|t.]re a personal l.|iii:)\vledge ol' our lysources ami t-ir-enui!-.taii,i-i'S Ural must mal i-rially rei'ni'orcv your policy a'li'd promote its pi ai'tical application'. In our case the I'l i It'i'i ,ili.il Tra'de I-i in <•»»"»• ol ' formation in Syijnvy ail'd elseu hei e would m-cive an immense impetus. Vour roiniitig my then-fore earnestly Illy.' upon yi.n, as a harbinger of commercial i eciprocily between tin.' Mother Country wivd the colonies, [ I,v acceptance of lihis iin itiation. I'onliiilintially assluring' you am unanimous awl enUnisi-as'tic \vel--I'iniii' in all tlii' Stuites of Australia. Alter i ei'dring u>- the incessant demands oil Iris liiii,. in Britain, he ad<Md "Jlut we ci.inriivc that Uiis distant contiiii-'iit a tit k- to co'iisi'.lL'ration as one of the inteitdim:f? parents to your prop'6s«i aavee--meat. I'lvferuiiial trade issue is I Imperial m every senje. You have powerfully aduocated the special uxivati'tagvs of the policy in Uie chief centres of the M 011..- Countrv, an'd tilK" smile cm.viijciii'g' exposition is dosired here." MU C'HAMBRHLAIX'S HKI'LY. THE INVITATION' TWUXKI). AIEI.IiOUKXR, .luiiiuary 2. Air Peakm l.'as received the following it-ply from Mr Chan', i-rlain : "I am livejily grateful to you ami your Ministry for your flattiriiw invitation ai4;l for the asHiiranci- vou give ol a cu.iiiul welcome from the I*x>ple oi Austmli®. 1 recognise the auvaniU<;es a'uJ pleaNiuiv to mvself in imi-h a visit as you surest, '|>ut at till* stage of tla> vf L'.it for the Unit} ol t.lie Kmphe in which I rejoice to have yu.ir sympathy inul aupport, 1 think I can best serve our coinnioii cause by devoting n.ysc-lf to its promotion here, where tin'. ?,I,jtlierlarjd ls upon to sav wlvat answer she will make to the' u*|vinees ol her children across the seis ' ll() " 0| - 'lon'iit that she will'b 0 H'jwl.v to mivl in K Tudyin K .spirit t'uHvetr "T 'T " leiiKtlwihiJ itbsoncc At I a „t, lro ti lllt .. | hi/pe not far dist ! »i«y he able to avail myself of tne i?,\ ital io'ii s., g,,ier<.,,«iv '«-i'l eU ' »'«»»vhiK. I accept it at a tjliva-l t tvud (IS evideuce that tlv Conimonwealth of Australia is not inidiffeivnt to tlie duty v.hich lies on all of us in the pnwnt coiailition of the world to welt! toother the lunpire wliich is our common lierilaifo won for us by the sarrilices of our forefuthvrs aiwl only to be maintained bv the devotion of their descendants to tire saiijo ideals.