THE CONFERENCE.
COMMENTS BY POLITICIANS. By Telegraph.—Press Association.— > (Received May 13, 9.41 p.m.) / London, May 13. Mr. Walter Long, M.P., speaking at Preston on Saturday, said Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman had slandered . the unionists when he suggested that they had used the Imperial Conference as a party weapons What they had done had been to emphasise that the facts of the Conference had told them nothing new, but it was undeniable that it had carried a great controversy many miles further; along the road. Every unionist would thankfully accept a proposition if it emanated from the Government that these colonial proposals should be dealt with as a non-party question. ' (Received May; 13, 10.1 p.m.) /■ London, May 13. Earl Crewe, speaking at Cambridge on Saturday, said the interchange of views at the Imperial Conference .on defence alone : had made the. Conference a success and done much to justify the hope that more might yet be done for a closer union.. Regarding preferential trade, . the Government was placed where it was to "keep the bridge". in the interest of : free trade, and the colonial Premiers had recognised the position.: ' ' '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13487, 14 May 1907, Page 5
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186THE CONFERENCE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13487, 14 May 1907, Page 5
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