TRADE WITHIN EMPIRE.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19785, 25 November 1929, Page 11

TRADE WITHIN EMPIRE.

-. —•♦ , QUESTION OF EXPANSION. DISCrSSIONS IN CONSERVATIVE j | CIRCLES. ■ . ~«,,,!, iii.i Mj.il.inoS-lf EI.ICTKIC ! " T rL«iß«*a-<.optaiGHT.: I 1 i ,i! f ,.-a<-.i \„wuti.-r -*th, :>.:, p.in.) j I.OM'UN, November 'J4. j ! AttfiHu-ii is attracted to a passage j (m Mr btanley UalJiuu'i recent speech ito meinbers of the Conservative Party, iiii whirh ho *i»i.l tl.at in framing the I Empire j-oli.-.. to ivhi.-h the ConservaItivc Wderjj mu-t .Mote themselves, it !;v.a«i .--.eutial that tlu-y thoul.l take the Jvouth of tho I'urty i"to tht-ir cjuikmls. i'\ k,.,,..,-!! m-'* '''■ »e«-d.-d to t-tf.-it ll'he unitv of whi-h we dream. The butiden of the fipht may well lie on the j 'shoulders of lie y.-unj;. i ! Tliu "Dailv Tel-traph ■*•• IMrhainen- . •tarv correspondent learns that the en- j •quiVv indicated by Mr Baldwin will be | thorough and systematic It ts hoped; Ithat it will be f .o.Mi.le to frame a. jpolicv in detail, which will avoid the : '.tale'theorics or twenty years ago, and : take a full account of modern eondl- | I tioni. , ...»#' ' The correspondent learns thnt Mr j .Baldwin and his colleagues express the opinion that Empire development must inevitably he linked tip with the question of cmplovHient here. It is pointed out that niattera connected with tho expansion of Empire trade must be the lout, owe of a consultation so far as the ; dominions arc concerned, t.ut Britain jha» a free hand in the Colonic* and Protectorates, whi.-h might be organ- ' i.-ed to prodise.- tl..- raw materials re'quircl without «oii.g ..uNide the Kmj pire {.. the extent nreess'iry to-day. Hio jfa.-t that the Empire is now self-sup-j pr.rtini; is regarded in ' onservative quarters a* having revolutionised the [outlook. It is considered that the time I i« ripe for « thorough reexamination of Salt possibilities of Empire trade. Mr j I Baldwin, at present, merely fnre.-had- j owed the production el" a complete poliev in due <-our*e. Conservative circles express the hope that the question will now be kept in the forefront on all platform*. j NO EMPIRE POLICY. ! " j I.OMJON. November "-J. Speaking at Leicester, Sir Gilbert Vyle said the question of free trade within the Empire seemed likely to be little before the Imperial Conference except us a system of bargaining between th»? representatives. No Empire i..dii v bid bo*ii enunciated The committee of the British Chambers of Commerce was studying difficult questions likelv to appear on the agenda paper of "tho ll>3i» conference, and it was hoped the Dominions would establish similar eonunitteos and send representative* to confer in London before the Imperial Conference. | TASK OF A GENERATION. | LINKED IP WITH EMPLOYMENT PROBLEM. , 80-rued November LMth, 11---J P-'"--» LONDON, November 23. Mr Stanley Baldwin rousiugly addressed sis thousand Conservatives at the Albert Hall regarding employment. He pointed out that the only eipanding markets of the world were in the Empire, and he announced, amid applause, that his colleagues and himself had accepted the resolution passed by the Conservative Conference on the subject of Imperial trade. There was talk of forming a United States of Europe, but Britain's progress depended on the capacity to visualise the Empire as an eternal, indestruetible unit for the production, consumption, distribution and maintenance, and improvement of the lot of all dwelling therein. Thev owed a word of gratitude to Lord" Beavorbrook for forwarding the idea of an united Empire. Brithh business men had recently issued a manifesto bringing before the people another aspect of the many-sided question of Empire unity. ''There lies our problem, the task »f a generation <o solve. In it rests the question of employment of our peoplo, tho continuation of the beneficent evidence of tin Empire itself to that task our policy will forthwith be framed." The meeting carried a resolution of unabated confidence in, and enthusiastic support for, Mr Baldwin.