Necessity for Empire Preference
DOMINIONS AS STRONGHOLDS OF DEMOCRACY. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. LONDON, Oct. 2. The necessity for Imperial preference for the maintenance of tho Empire was emphasised by the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr Neville Chamberlain), who deputised for the Prime Minister at the Conservative Conference.
“It is suggested that we should as soon as possible free ourselves from the Ottawa agreements in order to treat foreigners more generously than our own Dominions,” he said. ”1 believe we would see the end of the Empire if that view were adopted. We are accustomed to hear of the dangers of Fascism and Communism and to speak of three great countries, namely, the United States, France and Britain as tho remaining strongholds of democracy. Are not Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa also demo'cracies? Have not they room for a vast increase in population as soon as economic conditions justify it? Who can say how far they will havo advanced after half a century in numbers, resources and power? The United Kingdom has no customers to compare with the Dominions, and cannot expect them to abstain from developing their own industries?
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 235, 5 October 1936, Page 7
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