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Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 118, 20 May 1907, Page 7

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■ ♦ TJOMINION AND THE STATES. DEMOCRATS' ADVANCES I'EKSS ASSOCIATION. > IRcoeived Mny 7.11 a.m.) NEW YORK, 18th May. Britain's attitudo on tho question of proference ft Ihc Imperial Conference has induced tho Democrats of Massachusetts to make reciprocity with Canada tho chief plank in their platfoim in th© nosfc campaign for the Stalo Governorship. CANADA AND AUSTRALIA. LONDON, 18th May. Owing to the non-arrival of Mr. W. S. Fielding, tho Canadian Minister of Finance-, the Australian-Canadian reciprocal treaty has not niado progress. Sir William Lyne considers it would be bettor to deal with tho subject when the- Commonwealth tariff is under consideration. Most of the reports of tha Australian tariff Commission aro now -in tho hands oi' tho Federal Government. Tho commission is reporting without regard to the question of preference to tho Motherland or any form cf inter-Imperial reciprocity, but the chairman (Dr. Quick) is reported is agreeing that tho tariff revision is tho occasion for considering these related questions. , MR. CHURCHILL ON "THE 9ANGED DOOR." BOLTED AGAINST TAXED FOOD. SPEECHES OP GUESTS., THE LAWS OF HOSPITALITY. (Received May 20, 8.32 a.m.) LONDON, 18Uj May. Mr. Winston Churchill, Urder-Seero-tary for tho Colonies, addressing tlweo thousand people under tho auspices of tho Scottish Liberal Assosiatlon, sail tho demand for preferencD raado at ths Imperial Conference had been repeat daily with strident clamour by tho Tories and tho pothouse- rrccs supporting them. They said the Government had "banged tho door." Yco, they had b.ingod, barred, and bolted the door upon Impeiial ti«xation of food, end the largest Liberal-Radioal-Labour majority ever seen had set their ba^ks firmly against it. Tho Libiiab would stand like a rosk between tho working rriac;c3 end those who wero squeezing come shameful little profit oai of the 'scanty pittance cf tho weak poor. Mr. Churchill ada:d : "Of coibd of the speeches of ov.r colonial rjt3ct3 I say •nothing, oxeep' thai they are giicsto'ol tli3 GovorapiEnt, r.nd tko laws of hospitality impose obligations not only on the hosts, but on the gfetctc. A mischiefmaking and Civccdropping press has done it 3 best to crcato ill-feeling, between tho 'Premiers and tho Governmsnt, but the forcos making for the unity of the Empire ato strong enough to make their exertions' vain."