CANADIAN PROBLEMS.
FREE TRADE AND THE ASIATIC " QUESTION: '>> [United Pbess. Association*—Copy- '■'■ BIGHT.] S ':"'■: OTTAWA, Saturday. Sir Wilfrid Laurier; Dominion Premier, speaking' ' before the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, at Toronto, said he personally favoured universal free trade, within the. Empire. Canada "i. was ready to; support reciprocity of trade •..-. with the : : Empire, but the Motherland '.- .was not ready. Canadian interests had ': been:, constantly sacrified in diplomatic negotiations; with the United States, and - she now /thought it better to conduct negotiations herself than to trust to those displaying 'a perfunctory interest. It .;,■ would, ibe an act of panic to denounce ■r the Japanese •> treaty when Canada was .: only.; just beginning to reaj) the benefits. . A eonMaission. might, investigate the sub■:;iect..y-; Owing : .to the prospect of the ' All-Re^ronte, Canada, would be less disposedto^- sacrifice the' treaty.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 30 September 1907, Page 3
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132CANADIAN PROBLEMS. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 30 September 1907, Page 3
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