SUGAR CONVENTION.
A FREE TRADE BETEAYAL. (Received 5.4 a.m.) LONDON, July 15. ' Mr. E. A. Villiers, Liberal M.P. for Brighton, in introducing a large deputation of members of the House of Com,mons to the Premier, declared that the j Government, in entering into the new j sugar convention, had betrayed free trade ; principles, infringed the rights of the Commons and violated the Constitution. Several menibersof the deputation dissociated themselves from this language. Mr. Asquith described th t accusations as improper and unjustified by facts. He assured the deputation that the new convention was in harmony with all the essentials of free trade principles and did not contain any restriction as to the sources of the sugar. He disclaimed the idea of acting behind Parliament's back and said that the Government explicitly announced its policy as early as June. 1907.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 169, 16 July 1908, Page 5
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