IMPERIAL FEDERATION.
CANADA'S PROPOSALS APPLAUDED. (Press Assn.— By Telegraph.-^Copyrigiit.) (Received January 18, 8.5 a.m.) LONDON, January 17. The Morning Post applauds Canada's proposals. Mr Aittken, M.P., on being interviewed , declared that it marks a step m the direction of Imperial preference and will be most beneficial to Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Dr._ Parkin, an author and lecturer on Imperial Federation, states (that hitherto it has been assumed itseless to enter into a preferential arrangement wherein Britain had not taken part. The present Government's action was the outcome of a rebuff from the dominions for not trying to negotiate a| similar scheme for a United Empire. , (Received January 18, 10.20 a.m.) Sir William Hall- Jones, on being" interviewed, said that New Zealand was carrying on a nice trade with Vancouver, and it was hoped that the projected reciprocal scheme would give a further stimulus thereto. While the arrangement was calculated to benefit three countries commercially, it would likewise possess sentimental advantages more closely connecting them. He added that it would be an object lesson for all those studying Imperial preference, whether from a favorable or a hostile standpoint. \
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12664, 18 January 1912, Page 5
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