THE FISCAL CAMPAIGN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 16, 20 January 1904, Page 3

THE FISCAL CAMPAIGN.

m ■ MB CHAMBERLAINS- SCHEME. I LONDON, Jan. 18. Loud Stanley, speaking at Bolton. said lb*t, looking at the details of Mr Chaidl&qtai'it's propo.-ials, he had some doubjts whether the latter would bring tlw Motherland oiijJ the colonies into closer unio-n. if ill ChauitbJ.-.rlaii'n's propos-als prevailed at Uie general election, hv wouhi follow implicitly, in all well osliAk lishcd principles, t-lie party to which ho belonged, but pro|.jjA>ly as a private meuJbCT, and noi as a member of the liuvei<mim<nt, It-cause !.»■ mupt reserve to himself the rigf,it to ivote agUrnst any proposal which ho thoug/ht woukl not bem-lit his constituents. A DISCLAIMER FROM CANADA. SYDNEY, Jan. 11). A prominent E-iiglian pro-lessor mow living in Toronto. writing to the Right Hon. U. 11. Read, leader of t-he Oppiofc'ition in the l'\*keiui Parliament, says : "I hope you wilt not bo misled by the couiliuVnt assertions of Mr OhantA.-rlain's party in England that Canada is united in favour of jit's policy aiu that the (JrtnfikJfiart press almost without exception l , is on that side. The Imperialistic press favours the scheme, but protected manufacturers. who (dominate the Board of Trade. will not consent to a reduction 01 the dirties on British goods, a;.J have always shown a dislike even tc preference being granted by Sir Wilfrid Laurier." Received 19, 10.59 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 19. Mr John Morley, speaking at Arbroath, said the k-eystone or Mi Chonftiierlam's whole policy was tinrestrictions it proposed. Mr llalfotn was invitinlg his party and the country to follow him, though the course he suggested was neither land m;i sea, but to a <yjakiiivj bog. -fTOPGROWERS' ENDORSEMENT. Received 20. 1.8 a.m. London; Jan. 19. The national mecti-iio-ia London endorsed Mr C'hauitvrJain's scheme.