A CANADIAN EXPLANATION.

Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13021, 9 February 1911, Page 2

A CANADIAN EXPLANATION.

AHSUIIANCFK I'ROM MX FIELDING.

BRITISH FEARS GROUNDLESS,

(Rcr-eivod VYo 8, 0.00 p.m.)

London, Keb 8. Mr \Y. S. Fielding, Canadian ■Uiii[i.stcr ol' Finance, cabled a statement to Lord KtraUicona for the purpose of reetih 'ma ;i misapprehension on this part i)l Kn^lish politicians ami jiewsp:ip«i\s. lie s:iys L11:»_t- reciprocity with tiw VrAlid Ktatr:-. ii :ls been the "policy <;i .-,11 Canadian parties lor generation's iiicludiiif- Sir .). A. M:u:l)onncU'-.; m iHii). Tho unwillingness of tho United .States to make a roaxonaWe. agrooii!''iit led tri nn'.r!) disappoi.ntiiif.iit, bnfc Atih'iica li.'v; lion- cir.\H<j:'d lipr attitude* ;ui(l :ij)|)n:;!cli!-.(l Canada with a fair t;l----ter. Tho Cuiadinii Oovt'inniont licl.'cvo tliut in pion'.otiug idatiai;; with tlie iiei K hli(;iirii!'4 re])ui)lio tliov any (joins illy Iktsl, ol ;-; rvices ior tli'i i^nipire. 'I h," fears tliat the agreement will a/fret Uriti.'ih imports am less. Jt deah; nij.iuly with natural pi-omicls, wliidi JJritain does not a<:-ni\ to O:ii)ud;«.. l'civ iiiaiiufacLiuvrs arcad'ectod, u-liilf tho rednotioii is small. Uritaiu will in. ov(.'ry oa.se enjoy tho samo rate or a lower our.. Air Kicldin- adds that a further revision of tlio taiifr is probable , in wiiicli _ Canada will lie entirely free to nx r.ntish preference.