FAVOURED NATION AGREEMENTS.

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FAVOURED NATION AGREEMENTS.

THE DOMINION'S ASHRATiONSt

£Pbeßs AssociATibN—CdipritGH*.] '(Received Marfch W\,lhW |>}iM jp. fc , LcritJort. March iS. uTlie Times" is not surprised at Sir Wilfrid Lauriex's agitation Jor Canada's liberation from the Motherland's tnost favoured nft£ioii, ; trefctiesi in o"i* defis,,f edfe facilities to enter into arrangements with other dominions or foreign countries offering satisfactory reciprocal terms. This suggests recognition of the imperative need for adequate machinery to deal with Imperial . questions. Unless machinery is provided different portions of the Empire ore in danger of adopting bat; tlal solutions which possibly it^wpuld be ■ difficult to t mutually reconcile. TJjonfeh the tithe is perhaps not .ripe for such a comprehensive schame, Sir Joseph Ward'a suggestion has engaged growing attention in the Motherland.