IMPERIAL FEDERATION.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10631, 28 March 1896, Page 4

IMPERIAL FEDERATION.

Press. Assosiaiion-By Tdesaph-Gbpprfeiit. "' ■Mt m~ v, • Londoh, March 28. Mr Obamberlaui, speaking at the Oaaada Clnb Ejud it-was esaeatial to seak to estabteii Impsriai Federatioa on the linea of tha least resistance. Abase of common intsrest muist' be established. He reoognisad that the main obligation was the dßfeooe of trada

ijana .oonMaercs- nest, a representative j auAonty most be created. It was impsra- ! feive io approach the qnestionfrom the ewn- [ mennal side. Ths colonies had taken the -initiative at the Ottawa Conference The ■ ! systems o£ commercial unions hishorto . i suggested offered, Great Britaia inadequate ? | advantages for tha loss of her foreign trade « *Sf w SkS } nvohrsi- He did not think that the Marqms of RiponTs despatch barred l the waj toa fsTOmable coasideiaaon If a : better proposal were put forward for ffrsci trade throughout the Empire on the basis of reveana tJutass only it would probably lead to a ratißfacfcory scheme being adopted. s j J3io advantage was so enormouß that tha .catenas were bound to oirefutly vraigh the j matter. If the principle were .once accepted it v/onld bs only reasonable to convene a 1 conncil of the1 Empire. However, the views s ne had pat forward were merely personal arxd not those of tha Cabinet The speech ; was received with applause. c IV p9™mfnti°g upon the speech, The Times thinks the weighty overtures of the Colonial • baccetary aase worth coneideration. The Standard believes it will stimulate the cause . ot imperial Federation, but the coloniea will ■ , prose the mam impediment to a common • understanding. The Daily u e ws stronrtv L opposes Mr ChambOTlain's suggastions. Me. Chamberlain's spesch has been received with an immense amonat of inteteat la the provinces and throughout Canada aad America.