WAITING AT OTTAWA.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20624, 13 August 1932, Page 15

WAITING AT OTTAWA.

DOMINIONS' CLAIMS. DECISIONS NOT INDICATED. N0 TROUBLE EXPECTED WITH FBUIT AND BUTTER. _ n PttESS ASSOCIATION BS ELECTA H* 10 wLEOBArU- LUIVBIQHT.) (Received August 12th, 5.5 p.m.) OTTAWA, August 11. «.. official announcement that the inca would probably close on iLk 18th came as a surprise to the &on delegates, who, despite long Rations with the British Mini* ft have not yet succeeded in obtain- . . definite indication of their ulti!?L decision regarding any comity although- there has been j» S' tone throughout the proceed- • Jt is not considered that dairy JjSuce and fruit will offer any diffifhe most ticklish problem is meat, w trhic!i Mr Stanley Bruce and Mr J. n Coat* 8 are taking an unswerving "' j jt has been emphasised to SfL' Britain that a restriction on fflj imports, plus a small duty, refreonta the Dominions' minimum reEment, for which agreement the HwoiUiMe prepared 'to give an JSta return. It is known that both Qialia and New Zealand could conclude negotiations with Great Britain in Wf »« hour »f Great B riti, m would ierfore herself, but decisions are necesiirily. postponed pending the speeding g» of negotiations with Canada. Ibe generally-accepted view is that jaw the closing (kite has been annooneed Great Britain will be prepared to make concessions sufficient to satisfy lie Dominions, who are nevertheless raaionslv awaiting tho moment when Uiev will lenru the extent to which iljeir desires will be fulfilled. The Empire Content Committee fMpmends increasing the percentage cf Empire Content over a period of three y«nrs, commencing at 60 per rent, for the first year, going to 66 in the second year, and reaching a jEflxinium of 75 in the third year.

PLENARY SESSION NEXT WEEK.

FILMS AND OTHER PROBLEMS.

(Received August 12th, u.5 p.m.) OTTAWA, August U. - A sulwoinuuttee has been formed to wwsjfat Wins and wireless sets, The British spokesman to-day admitted the posibinty of the Conference imposing a quota on foreign films. % BriUsh delegation had long dJsaiifjQßS with Canada, Australia, Jmii and Ho\HU Aim a, and hau pusned tin work a stage further.. The Britnsa (fejegauou also met the Rhodesiaa delegates, ana later consulted their wn industrial advisers. There were further Jong consultations betweeu tuo tntisti and Canadian otticiajs, and ie British and Australian officials, fbe spokesman to-day emphasised the fact that the negotiations were proceding as quickly as was practicable. There was still an optimistic spirit and a good chance of a satisfactory agreement all round, , The plenary session on Thursday does aot necessarily complete the work of the Conference, but it is hoped then to (Jispow of the greater part of it, TT* delegates concerned w«l. certainly renam in Ottawa until their task IB (ompieM, mi there i* a strong prop? |ffl{ty that the decisions will be embodied in a multi-lateral agreement, ftakM fwr m wmim tyipg tomW tAff in om narwomons w*o». 'TRui is w» Imperial Conference,-not «' series of individual confmnM*> s»Sd the spokesman. Outside EffectsAn Ainer+can correspondent asked fed* the pjoyiotion of -umpire traw could help the outside wrid, %%t spokesman replied blandly, "Wwt and seel" o . - Questioned regardtpg Russia, he said tfce antidumping pr«pw»i« *trf WM»J¥Wg very earnest wnww; tion. mi the decision would form.pffft el thilteal agreement. Be that the general tenor of. the «s»* imfo would he published «WW*#J? tjfier tteir endorsement by the Mwfufnej, Mo major agreements ha« W%m concluded, Wt Britain, }• • mark ef gratitude for Cww|a» *l»ir wives at dinner on August 18ft, »nd i* subsequently giving » party m a dance to wbieh everybody ?«P6isted with the Conference will P e

CtitppNCY PROPOSALS, GOJUWISON WITH AMJSBJCAN BYBTEW(lUedfed August 12th, 7 p.m.) OTTAWA, August U- - A high British, authority, commenting <tytj» currency report, re-marks on *•» *jn}j»rity of the proposals to the *WtMi In force in the United States, "tor« the Federal Reserve tfoard. ifJr %» securities to the banks, enabling $m Ut assist by short-term. WjWWg ot commercial a .ncuipu ot iucysiaiung . ,JW liquidity ot farm mortgages, anu »« foisting farmers, is alung. sirni'ar tWWi' he states. "Moreover, the pro* IJWM to stimulate pnvnto industry *»*W than to finance huge public *W« W also in keeping with the policy S "IP Hoover administration. It is "Wo/ore. highly probable that the reS**»itl find a sympathetic- reaction in *** United States."

AUSTRALIAN APPROVAL.

A BASIS FOR POLICY.

(Received August 12th, 11.15 p.m.)

(SYDNEY. August 12. ty» proposals adopted by the Our ***? Ooinmittee at Ottawa are generr *«? approved by Australian financial, J*P*«rial, and political circles, the JjwM being that they form » SgjJ of policy for the guidance of Empire legislature".