THE FISCAL QUESTION.
TWO SIDES OF THE ARGUMENT. (Received Dec. 21, 1.20 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 20. The Eight Hon. H. H. Asquith (late Liberal Home Secretary) in the course of a speech delivered at Cardiff taunted Mr Chamberlain with avoiding statistics and no longer relying on "distressed industries" in argument. Referring to the Colonial Conference Mr Asquith said the real question ; was : "What mandato would the electors give their representatives ?■'' The Liberals hiad better pay attention to the dangers created by the last nino years of shiftless and thriftless administration.
The Right Hon. A. Lyttleton (Colonial Secretary) speaking at Glasgow, declared .tiilat it was odvisf.j'ilo tor the country to give a mandate for % conference, enalbfing the representatives to do the best that was possible for Ute mutual advantage of the Motiierland and colonies. It was ridi»u!ous for Lord Rosdbery to pretei*l to advocate preference. He proposed to tax the colonies against their will. Nobody was asked to make burdensome limancial contracts, nor was it proposed to curtail the liberty of the colonies. The latter were asked to do nothing except wlmt they were understood to liavo freely assented to.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 298, 21 December 1904, Page 2
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189THE FISCAL QUESTION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 298, 21 December 1904, Page 2
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