DECLARATION OF LONDON
THE HOUSE OX* LOBSS DEBATE. (By Telecnipli.—Prats Acsocl*;ion. —Copyright.> LONDON, March 14. The debate on the Declaration of London was resumed. Lord Salisbury complained of the postponement of redress for seizures until war terminated. An enemy would continue to capture foodstuffs and not care about : ;e upshot. Lord Morley said that the Declaration might be open to amendment; but its rejection or postponement would cause grave disappointment and irritation abroad. Lord Desborough withdrew his motion to appoint a royal commission expressing satisfaction at the Government taking no nations into its confidence. LONDON, March 14. Lord Brassey, presiding at the Associated Chambers of Commerce, referred to the record prosperity of the country, notably in the export trade. Unemployment, he said, had diminished. In seeking new markets they must look chiefly to tropical countries. A resolution was carried by an overwhelming majority that the Declaration of London be not ratified in its present form owing to its danger to the food supply.
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Southland Times, Issue 16687, 16 March 1911, Page 5
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