NEW ASPECTS. PREFERENCE CONTROVERSY.
PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT ALTERNATIVES OVERSEA MINISTERS AT LUNCHEON. By Telegraph.— Presi Assoclatlon.^Copyilghfc. (Received Juno 21, 1 p.m.) LONDON, 20th Juno. The National Liberal Club gave a luncheon to the overseas Ministers. Thore were 450 guests present. Earl Carrington, president of the Board of Agriculture, presided. Lord Haldane, Secretary of State for War, said the Empire owed a good deal in connection with the Imperial Conference to the vicissitudes of party government making prominent new aspects of Imperial affairs. The preference controversy had set people thinking about alternatives. Mr. Fisher, Prime Minister of Australia, replying to the toast "Our Guests," asked why Britain should not reach out an inviting hand to other enlightened nations, particularly America, who would co-operate, so that they might say to thoeo wishing to disturb the peace of tlie world: — "You shall not do it 1" He welcomed Lord Haldane's suggestion that tho Conference might be held away from- London, and' added: — "A little might be learned from Australia, since the colonies are more familiar with Britain than Britain is with the colonies." Sir Joseph Ward also responded to the toast.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 145, 21 June 1911, Page 7
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