The Gisborne Times SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1935. WORTH THE HEAVY COST.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12528, 13 April 1935, Page 4

The Gisborne Times SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1935. WORTH THE HEAVY COST.

■There would appear to bo solid grounds for supposing that the industrialists in the Homeland are maintaining strong pressure upon the Government with the object of securing for foreign nations sympathetic consideration in connection with the new arrangements that are to be made governing supplies lor the British market. In particular, Argentine would appear to jiave many influential friends outside of as well as within political circles in Britain It will have been noted that just as the moment’, .the Australian ’ delegation in London is elated, on account of the fact that the Biitishauthorities have relented' somewhat in resard to the quantity °i chilled, beef which the' .Commonwealth nfay supply during the current quarter. New Zealand will, too, be allowed to provide supplies .greater than had previously been set out. Ibo total quantity , which the Dominions will supply, will / however, be only urn a drop in, a bucket.' Seemingly, even these small fone'essiohs have been awarded very grudgingly.’ for tins iMtish policy in the matter' js that, meantime,■ only experimental' shipments of cliilled beef should be per-

inittqd to cuter the; 'p j nitcd, |Cingdom from the' Dominions. 'What ni% bo recoiled is that it Was only in 1933 that Argentine was able jto nialte a trade treaty with the British Gov* crnmcnfc 'which was so favorable to herself. According to a usually well informed American ' journal, tlio ppneo of Wales, during the negotiaeffectively * ’ on the side of Argentine. If tlio journal in question lias hot been”'wrongly informed, , Mis Ifoyal liighness' during the 'three months of negotiations, sent, on a number of occasions:, for the officials concerned to ascertain to what extent progress had. been made. When the Prince cf Wales, was in Argentine, h. e told tlio British. residents there that he wanted' to bo their '‘liaison officer” —"to serve as between th e British Chambers of Oommcrce in South America and. the manufacturers in the United Kingdom. ’! It has, all along., been claimed that His Itoyaj Highness should be regarded as tho Empire’s leading commercial traveller and, apparently, during the Anglo-Argen-tine negotiations he faithfully kept the. promise which ho made whilst in South America. It may, or it may not,, be true that the Prince went into every important aspect of the treaty before it was finalised. What is also interesting is a further suggestion that he secs every British official who goes to or from the Argentine and that lie is displeased if any official who cannot speak Spanish lias any dealings with South America. Ho much, therefore) lor tlie wide extent of non-political influence behind the Argentine in the Homeland. Ami yet there was _ a minority complaint at this week's meeting of the Cook County Council on account of the government of this Dominion having decided to augment its delegation to the London conference! It may be tlio case that 't may not have been necessary to scud such large secretariat with Air Forbes and Mr Coates. But no error has been made in sending both the coleaders of the government on such an important errand.