IMPERIAL TRADE.

Waikato Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1593, 27 June 1903, Page 3

IMPERIAL TRADE.

London, June 25. In the Hoase of Commons Mr Balfour, replying to Sir Edward Sassoou, said it was impossible to exclude India when considering fiscal changes. A hundred Unionist members of the House of Commons out of 130 who approve of Mr Chamberlain's policy attended the conference, Sir Herbert Maxwell presiding. It was resolved to heartily welcome the iuquiry into the fiscal system and the most effective means of defending and promoting the industries of the United Kingdom and the colonies and securing the consolidation of the Empire. A Consultative Committee was appointed to concert measures of inquiry. The Right Hon. James Bryce, the Liberal Cabinet Minister, member for Aberdeen, and a Little Englander,' addressing the New Reform Club, said that it would be cheaper for Great Britain to subsidise Canada and Australia with a lump sum annually than to embark on a policy of colonial preference. The Board of Trade at Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, hi s endorsed Mr Chamberlain's Imperial preference proposals. London, June 2G. Mr Chamberlain, replying to a correspondent, who asked if his scheme contemplated a duty on apples, fruit and products imported from France and the United States, said the principle must be first established before entering into details. Each case would be considered on its merits.