BRITAIN AND HER OUTPOSTS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17031, 3 May 1923, Page 7

BRITAIN AND HER OUTPOSTS.

PREFERENCE AND EMIGRATION DISCUSSED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received May 3, 11.15 am) LONDON, May 2. The Duke of Marlborough, in the House of Lords, raised the question of Imperial preference. “The principle,” he said, “ has been accepted by all parties, and no Government can dare to remove the existing tariff.” He asked if the Government contemplated the possibility of extending existing preferences, and also asked, the Gov ernment whether it was satisfied with tho Empire Settlement Act. He expressed the hope that agricultural labourers would stay at home. There were thousands of artisans well capable of taking their places overseas. Lord Airlie said that the Dominions did not regard emigration as a solution of unemployment. The Government’s Empire Development Policy oould not be fully carried out without Dominion cc-operation. It would be a disaster to move more quickly than the Dominions were willing and ready to move. The present task of Britain was to train part of the town population to adapt them to land work overseas.