A PLAIN INTIMATION.
BRITISH DELEGATES SLIGHTLY PIQUED. PREFERENCES DESIRED FROM DOMINIONS. OTTAWA, July 28. Mr. Baldwin’s memorandum, every word of which had. obviously had the weightiest consideration, is interpreted as Britain’s tion to the Dominions that “the demands” at the Conference must not be all on their side.
The Dominions are taking especial notice of that part of the statement: “There is practically no free entry for British exports into the four principal Dominions,” hinting that the present scale of preferences is insufficient from the British viewpoint. The publication of such views, instead of merely enunciating them in the privacy of Conference, is regarded as a mild indication to the Dominions that the British delegates are slightly piqued at the forcefulness of the Dominions’ demands, coming like an encircling attack.
Moreover, the eyes of the British people are focused on Ottawa. Therefore the British delegation must walk warily, knowing that assent to anything in the nature of food taxes would cause a tremendous reaction in Britain. The statement is regarded as the most vital pronouncement since the Ottawa Conference met.
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Wairarapa Age, 30 July 1932, Page 5
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180A PLAIN INTIMATION. Wairarapa Age, 30 July 1932, Page 5
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