EMPIRE DANGER

Grey River Argus, 10 May 1935, Page 5

EMPIRE DANGER

FROM TRADE CONTROL

Australian View QUESTION OF BREAK-UP. (Aus. and N.Z. Cabin Assn.) (Received M;iv 9. at 10.10 p.in.) BRISBANE, Alay 9. Air J. Brigden, Direc-Ur of the Queensland Bureau of Industry, in the course of an address, referred to the extent of the Government regulation, lie said there were doubts as to whether it would l>e possible for the British Emjiire to hold together, if it indulged too much in Government regulation, i'here was the prospect of the complete unification, or the breaking un of the Federal system of Australia. Whether too many “Ottawa Agreements’’ would break the British Em pire, he added, was another question. They had imposed a. great strain on the loyalty of one section of the Empire to another. BRITISH CAPITALISTS’ VIEWS. (Received Alay 9. at 7.30 p.m.) LONDON. May 9. The Federation of Chambers of Commerce of the British Empire, in a memorandum to the representatives of Ihe Empire Governments, urges the importance of ac<reditu<l representatives of industry, commerce, agriculture and 1: l>< ur attending in an advisory capacity any conferences between tin* interImperial Governments relating to ecoi.'nnic subjects. It suggests that tbe ■ precedent established at Ottawa should be followed. It says that failing an international agreement upon a reformed gold standard, the nations of the Empire should systematically develop their existing papen currencies and form a Stirling un’on.

The Federation strongly supports qn 7 mp,re-wide system of inter-imperial preference.