IMPERIAL PREFERENCE.
COMMONS UPHOLD PRINCIPLE, By Ulegrapb.—Press Assn.—Copyrleht. London, July 17. In the House of Commons, Captain Wedgwood Benn proposed tlie repeal of the Imperial preference duties. He declared that they were trilling and'absurd. The policy of Imperial preference led to economic friction, adverse to the world's peace. Mr. Austen Chamberlain, replying, declared that the object of preference was to-give-a. practical example of Imperial unity. The advantage Ip,v in the growing prosperity of the oversea territories, requiting in an increase in their trjjule with the Mother Country. He denied that preference led to friction with the Dominions. Every party in every Dominion approved of Imperial preference. The motion was rejected by 130 votes to at). Captain ISena lEei "moved another motion witli the object of preventing preference applying to mandated . territories. Mr. S. Baldwin, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, pointed out that the proposal was premature, as the terms of the mandates were not yet Snown. The motion was rejetcert by 148 votes to 45. —Keuter.
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 July 1920, Page 3
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