COLONIAL STATESMEN IN BRITAIN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 17 May 1907, Page 3

COLONIAL STATESMEN IN BRITAIN.

I" [United PfiEss AssociAnos.^Copr- :.-.■:-.. .7 J-;..-:.* ■ EIGHT.]" ;

7 THE -IMPfeRIAL CONFERENCE.

VIEWS ANtf '"INTERVIEWS.

VARIOUS OF 7 .777 INTEREST. -•

"-#-.;. \- -(Received May- 17, 8.27 a.m.) '■77-: "j- ' V' : i7'.:' ' LONDON,' Thursday. — 7---Sir .Wm. Lyne has given the Mail :: 'Syndicate, notice that if they, fail to ;. enter. into the additional bond, within a .-' -week the "contract, will be' cancelled. 77. 7 Sir \Vra.7Lyne .(Federal- Minister of "*';.'. Cusloiifi<); ; said he considered that the ■7 -Imperii^: Cloyernment ':■_ had ■'. adopted a *: .7. 7ca'lwiis'; attitiide7' with regard to prefer- '■. -unce. *-**.. Hei'Hopes rthafc the discussion at 7 the Conference wil make the British V.peopfe seriously "consider the question. .He7\yas doubtful of 'good results from ; the^ecretariat>;wprked hy the- Colonial - j7- Office.: -Until'the Australian" coast fleet ; -was.f. reality ifc would be better for the Admiralty to. maintain the existing '■■:■ squadron in Australian waters. He re- - gretted ."that the. Conference had not .".- considered what; Pacific islands ought to -* .Ti^^cla^ ;i:"i the. jurfsdiction of the .-j 7 Anß^lian-. coastal "tradei .-'-'■ 7-?7;§'ra.W , * a *-k Lyne addressed a crowded , 7 frjeeting -iii the 'London Chamber of Commerce, He promised a hearty weir . - come to oil delegates visiting Australia in 1909. He complained of Mr Asquith reasserting; the fitcion that the colonial Premiers demanded- preference '-■■* W raw materials required, by British ; ; manufacturers. Sir Wjn.7 Lyne insisted ; tnat Britain s trade with * Australia was* not .increasing with the same rapidity ,as that .of foreigners. He dwelt on the ...^ unparalleled prosperity of Australia, i *-7£'g»JW s .*.. ienthusiastically applauded at -the 'conclusion. .. ""'•*.. , 7says the Imperial I Conference was unusually fruitful com:7 pared. -with its predecessors. 7* . The Gazette" comments on'Mr ;Pejtkin,and,'Dr Jameson very se- J •*. verely, 7and , asks whether . it was fair- .' '-.<that^ the ,40,000,000 people of the TJnit.77*e*37?ihgd6m should be coerced by ap>;Wßls.:to; patriotism to the Empire into 7 'snDmitting to taxation "for! the 'benefit ... . -'of "colonial farmere '.who were already 7 prosperous. ,The : paper asks if the colo- ' -■ .: mer -wished -democratic ' statesmen to make' cause with the - Conservative and 7- anti-Democratic parties. to further a policy which would raise the price of the .*., necessaries of 1if0... There was a frea-- -- dom greater lhan free trade, and Eiig'landjhadneyer attempted.to force her . poHtiyinpoh 'the selfrgoverriing. colonies. ..Sir: Win'. Lyne visited Sniilhlield and ; -compared: the varioiis7classes of frozen mutton. .'■ Ho noticed tiat' the - NewZealand meat appeared^ fresher and of a , better colour than Australian. He'intends to institute -'inquiries oh his return. ~-» : '7*' ; 77*757 Mr.Hnghes,*. in -an7 article, in the "Chronicle,", asserts-, lhat the freehold tenure of- land .is; the curse of Australia, as it. is in -fl'igland. • He'urges Stateownership :an^ leasehold at an econo- ■ mih rental, .with periodical reappraiseiheht, 6r.;a tax on unimproved land i»- . lues.;- 7:7:. ■-.',-;.■ ■ .Sirß< fyna (Newfoundland.^- inter.viewed, st.tto<i- "I .have .received the ; most, rewectful hearing, froni: members ~ 7°* '".*i ,n Covpih-ncnt, aiid most symtia-v-tKetie B'ippoil. from other Premiers. The -■ 7 -giP""-"!* \ Covernmerit did not. meet •'■-■N«*fsiOT .land's reasonable-demand. but -.*.. I hope .lhey will use their, best endeav-' °»"_ -j-*? -m4" ihajmlsqliief ' ivhictHJ-he fishing vivpndi has occasioned. I. trustthat the embarrassment 'and humiliation" to which the7iblohy:has been subjected will not be repeatedly, a/renewal of tbe arrangement.*; ; 'He added that the vivendi had led.' to :ra. disregard of Newfonndland's 'c6hstitut"ed7 authorities. He was ;deeply v disapj)oihted at the result of his appeal forjustice. '■>.*.*..- --(Received Maya7; 1.3 p.m.y '■„. Xoliro6N;7 ; Tli_rsday. Mr Deakin and Lord 'R.ay addressed a. crowded meeting bf the. National Ser-viceXeague-at Queen's Hall, rlative to tli -.importance of the .universal military training. ' 'Lord Reay' v 'stated- tliat he wonld shortly visit Switzerland to study • the question; . . ■ ,