BRITAIN AND HER COLONIES

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 13145, 29 November 1906, Page 5

BRITAIN AND HER COLONIES

HINTS FOR CONFERENCE. IRKSOME INTERFERENCE. United Press Association —Per Eleciric Telegraph—Copyright. . Received 11.15 p.m., November 28th. .-.".. OTTAWA, November 28. During the debate'on the Address-in-Reply in. the Senate, Mr Longheed, the leader of the Opposition, urged .Parliament,' in view of the colonial conference, to consider -the vivendi a.British Min c dster had over-ridden. statute arid given the 'United Stages territorial ■privileges. Such an action had, farTieach■ing effects.. If a-, similar;;action were ta- ; ken on a question involving:' Canada, tneTesult -would be disiritiegfation' * of the Empire.. '.. Only by recognising the fullest - local .autonomy, and refrainmg" from undue interference in colonial} affairs', would the Empire be kept togetherr ,: That the Colonial office had exhibited, a liability to unduly, interfere, was shswn in the ac; the Ne^rHe|)iiaes' ; TvlientNew;; Zealand and. Australia hj|aprotested;.. and "in Natal'where the^imperial•'' Government had to recede."'.."' ' : Mr Scott,. Secretary ,of State, replied :thiait4the.; Imperial- one'; mis-, take in"Ne\vfoundland wW that /the vivendi allowed purse seine nets, which Canada's and Newfoundland's statutes forbid. The .Americans, recognising their mistake, agreed, doubtless under pressure, to relinquish the. seines. ~'•',„.