THE DECLARATION OF LONDON.
PROTEST BY .LONDON BUSINESS MEN. VIEWS OF MR. BALFOUR. (Received June 28, 9.30 a.rnO LONDON, Tuesday. Fifty-thmee Chambers ;of -Goimimiercte have signed and forwarded *» Ma-. Asquith, Premier, and Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary, a protest against the ratification of the Declaration, of London. 'Mr. Balfour, Leader of the' Opposition,, addressing a non-party city meeting of members of the Stock Exchange, merchants avnd shippers, emphasised tiliat tlio Declaration was a step backward and that it was ambiguous regarding the vital question o'f food corntra■band. He said it was studiedly ambiguous regarding the conversion of mer. ohantmenb into cruisers.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 28 June 1911, Page 5
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101THE DECLARATION OF LONDON. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 28 June 1911, Page 5
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