MR FISHER'S SPEECH.
,{ * v Mr Fisher said that be came to the ' .Conference as a whole-heartetl adv<* cate of such conferences, and gain . !*,_ would accrue if they could meet, not .....only in tho centre of the Empire, but f '_ t in the centres of the other Doniinions. •ni *He earnestly appealed to -Mr A.sqnith to "£",tak_ some strong steps to. remedy the l, grave abuse affecting the commerce; of -"'»tha Empire and other countries in the Z shape of exorbitant Suez -Canal ._. charges. He hoped that the Home Go;;}''vern_nent would afford the Dominions .' more expeditions access to trade reports :-'" from every part of the world. Referring to the proposed Imperial defence
scheme, Mr Fisher said that Australia o*. ."desired to help in .the preservation .of ■ the honour and greatness of the Mother .j> Country, and would , cheerfully cb*perato .with the Mother Country. , XVhile protecting her own shores, the .# _ Commonwealth desired to be associated 1 '■-.'nth anything in the shape of intcrna"a , tionar arbitration or any movement -v that would preserve the peace of the '£;»ork_.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 14052, 25 May 1911, Page 9
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175MR FISHER'S SPEECH. Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 14052, 25 May 1911, Page 9
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