TARIFFS AMD SWORD.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 717, 17 January 1910, Page 5

TARIFFS AMD SWORD.

VduTies m teutonic ■'consent^ J#-iilS;;WAß'(p|(feAißlE?.:i-K-r::; By,Te]eßraph-Pres3Assooiatlpn--CoDyrli:lit. ( ';''jV^" (Ren.'} January '•.Jβ,'s;" p;inO' ; , ?;;■.'•■ ;v'-;'. fe' ■'Berlin,.. January 15:' ■■■ known- German. , .journalist ;who brought,to; lights [ the;., : Prince/ ; :Eulenburk : sciridale) ; '.imtißS;;ih;/bie7 r^wspaper>''Zukunf^'Witli r "f ef ore'nce fto.Mr. , Baif our's ;Hanley.speech (in |the:cdurse- of 'which'Mr.Balf bur; stated that' eminent though- nbn-officiaVGermans • were declaring: that Germany,;would ; .never valiow Britain', to adopt tariff '-reform,; 'also that intie opinioh'of.tho st'at'osmeri'and ,diplomatists of'Vlesser'iPowers' a -struggle.' behveen' ; Britain; and- Germany-'isJinevitT , able,/and. "they.: think'.we .ate;: not "alive to-' a sense, .of.- our; responsibilities,'.-■and. are'.therefore ■■predestined to.'succumb"). ';,*Herr : Harden tolls the. GermanV-that-Mr. l , 'ffarM.'^-^' l :c , ount'^ymen ,^i not j depend'; on;;the : •.; gbodw;ill -or' the "bad.temper.-; of-Vany-.; other-vPower,'; and ■' that' they'.mustjpay'-higher "rates ,bf.insurance for,; etyT:; fierr garden ;adds V—•.'; ■'■;■ jfe- "Every;' Chahcelierio'hojds that f : .V J;;';^an; Anglo-Gepmah.war is probable.:-; : ir'?r'Thero : y i '%. declare 'that: a Customs tariff, clos-,,' --\: ;V;i; r ihg the .British ;Empire: to German;,:;/ .j^.-jbpdS:wHi^haye';to ! be; pierced ;by;i '% . aVGerman sword." ;v!v<:" ■■■■ iV; '■■■:'■ 'r^i%[-h CbMPARisON-'OF-THE'-TWO FLEETS .jyV; i ':vl^V;-IN;;APRIL^]9I2.;f".; : ;;,;vV;^; :^|; : ; BT^I;^^A^MIN^TEE-Hi;'-' - : '^;:^ ! J : f ■!l:;;;!v'j ','<£■ ,j'SJ-"- London, ~ ;; :;SThe ■% arliamentary; Secretary;'to the:AbV,. ■;'m)b;ai^:;Pr.V^'bnama^'-'ii-;e''-Bpeeoi}at j,ffls^sp'stated\t^t.tho";position;b^^ "British/'arid ■ tho ;Qerinan naviesiin;'April,' ;i9^/wouidVhet^';;V;-;;,^^ ; 3\d :^ ;i cißritain; Genn'an.; s^fcDreadhbughts';y;^.^"?2o'{-: : ::- 1 :J-i'13 JV,' ; '" } i ; ';\2o,';•:>. i^C'ruiseryv;.!;^"^ ':?Bj.:. iprii,"'. Macnamart'aa'ded, - '" Britain '• . will Vhaye ■;.-16. ■; dpcksi.^capablefof,' .taking'a ;Dreadnought,' ;against;Germany?e ;■ "■ pord; Crewe,';':'Secretafy.'.'fdri'.th'e ■ iriil9l27^he\did\hot,'like .Dr.";Mac'nainara,'. !Confinß;';himself>to, the, mo'nthrof-April—: ■Britain;:S,would'':Have;;'.afloat'i2o- '.Dread- 1 ' 17.]' i'j '.* v';v>' : v;-4;: v;;;; ;-IS^i<RUPl^^CT,iyiT I Y^FORipE^CE?; 3^V:;vv^eo.rJanuary':l^;-;s.s;p.ni.V':y:ti ; ;';'. .plies;;. to*':; tKe ;fiep;ort'*published I'in :;tho* ;-.&e«Krnpp'.-;.worfc7-.at;;Eß»i>,\'iu»''i-fidl'-;iof iguns;! armonrrplatcgi' liirrets.'i-.aridV.plaW; ■Krupp' : j.; establishments.;; are V.'.wbrlang;:; 24". /vKruppS; cnjefly.: turn .:out;implem : ent^Vfov.Peaceful 1 ! ■ ihdnstfy. : greatestS total-; of ;employed-;on ■ armaments''!s ! ,:sOoO.'j'' 1 ■.■;;;'■>'

: £ sgSiBSKECIAELTf BENIN'S; ¥#fe-i-'iWv£lvv^^dpni : ■■;•' in;v Africa"ind; .'Canada;'.' and.'; especially - in Germany;; in ; . ,UteTßriH^v^MfenlVMnlliv l j;lThee;-'js!' I ,more.-concern ;.tKej^ 'Liberalism, (,'thattrji, , tjie bS'thft;Lprds.r;V?.-;.. : ij-fe 5" GERM^y^ANIS:^ArMD^;-;bjJT|ES;-p : :;:BEmStt: 'os. ■< ; ; ; :' "■: Berljnj I Jairaary'% : ':'j y rThe%! '^erliner! 5; .TageblajrtV %\ (Liberal) strongly;.-appeals:for:'fiscal, peace:between■ abahdo^^t : ;pf hig s : Britain's ;/pre{erence..'• l 'The , ':''pap'ei;'. a'ljaee .that ; Gfennany-sliould offer, Canada; ■B>-'como^alV.'JTMJ^.nn ; (e<!hange : fforlan. ; . ;'mani capital ■ will; •thus ; be; l enabled ■ toifind. aifspHere, vt ';i;6peratip'napiih;.'. Cana'da\lik'e i-tHa^m'Sonffi^merica.^,;,;:',!^^. ,^;?^;,^ SIbSTRACKMNiB;;;THEipREFEREN'bE :

:^;jK:BY:^^S^E:i?EEiG^S:>: ; .!««;;; V Wti : k S':-^ ! !; ; xOtta*|a;- January ;:iA:{deputetion:';waited : ;;^bn'. : VSir' /Wilfrid,;l.aurierii:ind:;prb■tested against the-;'increases:. in;;! Westward . which;werelreceutiy .'adopted'liy "ther-panadiaa-Nbrth -Atlantic ■West-bound Freight /Conference! <i The/freigW parfr: bularly- 'affect.-'Bniiati'; softrgoods/'and'-wili"' the iprei' .feren.ce::;granted;7t'o; Britain,'■(■an^[■■ yance/the interests. bf/Americani ■tnrers.:,:iThe:^eputoion that freights-have ;be'enrincreased by^66'per :centr:;since ; 'l9o7;A v; :; X ' ;'-'?l v " v ':;' i 'v ■'-'.':'::'t^---'

hold:-ani/inyostigatiqn;: as i'toj iwhether the -new ■;;arrangemeritt'meant?: an" Vilcprabinatioh / in; restraint^of; :trade; ;lf;:so,'; ho :said, : it;;wouidl:comevunderVthe Billv.whichVthe' Government: intended .to .introdnce^tbjcontrblytrnsts^and 'combines' Butvif .thevincreases'/in'ifreight's'was'ithe /result ..of ;economib; requirements;" the-Gb-vornment would;.be';unableVtb'.interferb. 1 :,

,-;. [According, to recent advices/ Canadian .rawohants.allege.-.that the Canadian North Atlantic vWest-bound Freight; Conferencewas ; controlled . American ■■ maniifat hirers v_whq-:will. iS tand-yto-gaiiV -by-the L°fV i nt c ls m m .ennfactn'rers. The-; Board bf Trade of .Toronto asserts that thein--clr.e.i'M,m-;freights,'is■ equivalent : 'to a,re- : ductiqn wthe Bntisb preference ' \MrGrigg,' British, Trade Coramissioner iii Canada, states that the freight'increases .will.strike-.a staggering blow 1 at .British trade;] .:■:::';;'.'■ '■".■■;■■: .'•■ .-■.■.',.;•-;•■ ■•■. ;, .-. v.•>■. ■ ■-;-■ .v.-,: