IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2062, 16 June 1896, Page 2

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Lord Silisbiiry, replying to a deputation from tlie Congress of Chamber of Commerce, asking for assi-tinco in opening trade with China, said tie importance of the commerce wi:b (he Yellow River did not r quire proof, tut at the same time bo did not be'iave that the House of Commoijß would cotisor-t to gnarnnt-e railwrys in a foreign country, though the Government were prepared to assist a powerful Company in canyiag a railway ro the edge of t l io British tenitiry. He desired the railway to be extended to Upper Mnnam in China, and hoped that Stain would assist in opening up hertani tory, an tha assert of China could readily bo obtained for entrance into the Ynioan district. The fear of Ihe Ens-dan competition northward was unworthy of consideration. Hbtiry proved that if Eng land were unable to compete with Russia in the race for markets, then tie pre»ont mint be a degraded generation. The Congress of Chambers of Commerce has earned a resolution in favour of Imperial penny postage, and baa agreed tbat West Australia offers special inducement for immigration.