THE EMPIRE CONGRESS
A TIMELY REMINDER Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, July 14. Lord Elgin presided at the banquet held by the Congress of Chambers of Commerce at the Hotel Cecil. The Duke of Argyll, Lord Jersey, Sir Thomas F. Howell Buxton, Lord Brasrey, and 300 others were present! Mr Sydney Buxton (Postmaster-General) said he was sure that no colony would unduly press npon the Motherland its views on a delicate subject such as commercial relations. Rightly or wrongly, for the time being the Motherland could not see her way t(» meet the views of the colonies on this question, believing that the cost to her would be too dear. Mr Asquith (Chancellor of the Exchequer), referring to the fiscal resolution passed by the Chambers of Commerce of the Empire, reminded the Chambers that the interest of the United Kingdom’s 40,000,000 and India’s 500,000,000 people needed consideration aa well as the colonics.
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Evening Star, Issue 12866, 16 July 1906, Page 6
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