IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12824, 4 November 1905, Page 3

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Prepared for defeat.

United Press Association—Per .Electric ' -.-: -Telegraph—Copyright. ; Received 10.2 p.m., November 3rd. . .', ....... 'LONDON, November 3. • Lord Londonderry, speaking at Sunderland, said that the Government are prepared for defeat at the general, election. If "the..'Unionists-.sunk-'fiscal., differences, there would be a sufficiently strong minority f<> restrain the Liberal Government from, carrying' socialistic and "radical schemes.' : ' -' •.?

TRADE.

: -Received 10.42 p.m., November 3rd:" OTTAWA, November 3. A manifesto, signed by more than 1500 trade unionists, :including the officials,..in favour of Mr Chamberlain's tariff reformi, has been sent to the president of the Dominion Trades and Labour. Congress.. :

LONDON, November .3. The council of the London Chamber of Commerce have resolved to try 'to.'form, in conjunction -with other Chambers," a central joint committee with the object of calling attention to the question of Imperial defence. - Mr Austen Chamberlain, speaking at Stirehley, declared that ..neither Mr Balfour nor / the - Government wished to place the fiscal, question in a secondary-place at the elections, for.they regarded ih as the. greatest issue to be submitted. -. Personally he could conceive of very considerable preference- being given :to .the colonies on wines, spirits, meat,: dairy. garden produce, and other, articles than, corn, but he valued closer union so highly that he was -willing" to give even a small tax on'corn. ~- : -■>.-£■■■ ■ ,- --