MUST BE NO THREAT AGAINST NEUTRALS
(AUSiaAUAN-HBW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
(Received February 22, 8.30 a.m.)
LONDON, 21st February
The Daily Chronicle says :—" No one will disagree, with Lord Balf our of Bur4eigh'& Committee's first resolution' as to the necessity of stimulating production. Agreement upon preference to the Dominions may not be difficult, but. the third .resolution, in favour of wider duties -which are to be reducible upon Dominion products, is distinctly controversial, and involves a, direct plunge into Mr. Chamberlain's Imperial preference. Mr. Chamberlain's gjoomy prophecies were not fulfilled in spite of adherence to Free Trade, but we are glad to see that the question is to be carefully re-examined. The negotiations after the war must consider our Allies, and must not hold out a post-war threat against neutrals. Barriers against German trade after the war will drive trade to the neutrals."
The Daily Express states that all parties are forced to agree that Imperial preference is desirable. It may make difficulties in framing- trade relations with the Dominions and Britain's Allies, but the broad principle is now accepted.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 46, 22 February 1917, Page 7
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179MUST BE NO THREAT AGAINST NEUTRALS Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 46, 22 February 1917, Page 7
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