FISHER-STEAD INTERVIEW.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 189, 28 July 1911, Page 1

FISHER-STEAD INTERVIEW.

FALSE MEANING PROBABLE.

LET MR. FISHER SPEAK FOR

HIMSELF .

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London, July 27

An Australian in London states: —“I was a member of the party breakfasting when Mr. Stead called. Mr. Fisher did not leave to be interviewed. He had no idea that Air .Stead was upon that errand, but only to make the acquaintance of a well-known Englishman. When he returned to the table he was certainly unaware that he had been interviewed. I recognise in several phrases fragments of the remarks made to us. Included were the remarks :—‘lf

I the Dominion did not want to be ’ involved in a British war it would : declare its independence, but the i meaning given t-o this statement in j the interview is inconsistent with i all Mr. Fisher’s authentic public ; and private utterances. It would I be fair to follow Mr. Deakin’s adI mirable example and suspend judg- ’ ment until Mr. Fisher can speak ’for himself.” AUSTRALIA’S LOYALTY. ' Sydney, July 27. . At the annual meeting of the i Chamber of Commerce, the : chairman, Air. Paxton, referring to the Fisher interview, said the Labour party contented themselves with the self-com- ■ forting statement that Mr. Fisher had been misreported. There was no sign of anyone in the party pronouncedly declaring no sympathy with such sentiments. On the suggestion of the Chairman the meeting rose and cheered "The British Empire Undivided.”

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.-<1 (28, 10.10 a.m.) Loo lon. July 27. V;.-. Mu. ray, c.f Victoria. :l -. : ‘,-:'’.nC|liet, u- - o V C rv.,t Eng'- :■ i>. j • r- Mr JU-G-r hi -i repeated in* ’ - >U rtewd he judged by U-< pcbm ..<t; ’'leesL.U'iHFR’S PERNK T.H s DOCTRINE. (Received 28. 11 a m.) Capetown. July 27. The "Argus” saddles Sir Wilfrid Laurier with the main sihility for a new and most pernicious doctrine, enunciation of which is ’of the most profound dis-serviee to the cause of unity of the Empire.