The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-26
LOUD CRIES OF "N0, NEVER"
Loyalty of Canada to Her Parent
Government.
Recent Isolation of Great Britain
Evoked from Canada an Outburst
of Affection that Reverberated
Throughout the World-Growth
of the Feeling for Imperial Fed
eration-An Enthusiastic Recep-
ton,

LONDON, March 25.-Dr. Montague,
Sir Robert Herbert, General Galwey,
Hon. Stevely Hill, Admiral McClintock,
Sir Bartlefrere Colmer and Messrs w.
E. NJ. Tomlinson, S. Gedge and T. T.
Bucknill, @. c., members of parlia-
ment, and many Canadians, were pres
ent tonight at the dinner given to Ri.
Hon Joseph Chamberlain, secretary of
state to the colonies, by the Canada
club.
Mr.. Chamberlain replied to toast
to the health of Lord Aberdeen, in
which were coupled the names of
Chamberlain and Montague. The CO.
lonial secretary was given an
ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION
as he arose to reply. He said there
wore many prominent men on both
sides of the Atlantic who had once
assumed that it was the manifest des-
tiny of Canada to be absorbed into the
great republic on its southern frontier.
(Cries of, No, neverID
Mr. Chamberlain continued: THAT
was the opinion. II is an ancient con-
troversy, and l will not refer to it now
the doubt and hesitation then and the
determination now of every son of
Canada to maintain the local constitu-
ton in his special identity, and at the
same time to draw closer the bonds
which unite him with the great parent
state The recent isolation that seemed
to threaten us evoked from all colo
MES, especially from Canada. an out
burst of loyalty and affection that
reverberated throughout the world.
which testified a sentiment deeper
than words can express, and which
dispelled the idea that such express
sions of
LOYALTY AND AFFECTION
were superficial and would not bear
the test of serious conflict, so that if
war broke out, the mother country
would be LEFT to her fate and the colo
MES could take care Of themselves,
The shadow of war did darken
the horizon and 30 none was the sha
dow more ominous than to our fellow
citizens of Canada"
Mr. Chamberlain reviewed the growth
of the feeling for imperial federation
and said:
Although experience has shown the
final realization of our hopes of fed
Grafton is a matter of such vast mag
nttude and great complication that it
cannot be undertaken at the present
time, it does not follow an that account
that we
SHOULD GIVE UP
our aspirations. 1t is only a proof that
we must approach the goal differently
and not try to do everything at once,
but must seek the line of least resist
ance. The boldest might shrink ap-
palled before an attempt TO create
new government for the British en-
5ire with powers of taxation and teg-
isla,tion over countries separated 10y
thousands of miles of seas. We may,
however, approach this desirable con-
summation by a process of gradual de
velopment The greatest obligation IS
the imperial defense. The greatest IN
terest is the imperial trade. The Tor
ner must be reached through the
latter"
Remarking that it was natural that
Canada should take the initiative, MT.
Chamberlain cited the resolution OF
the ottawa conference in favor or
customs arrangement between Great
Britain and the colonies ana also MI.
McNeilrs resolution in the Canadian
legislature CT Tuesday in favor of an
ad valorem duty on foreign imports
Although he foresaw very
SERIOUS DISLOCATION
of trade with England if such pro-
posal became effective, Mr.. Chamber
lain asserted the proposal merited re-
spectful consideration. This proposal,
Mr. Chamberlain proceeded would IN
volve at> least small duty on food
and raw material and would increase
the cost of living and the pressure on
the working classes. Ut would also
tend to increase the cost of production
and would thereby prejudice US IN
competing with foreign countries in
neutral markets. 1t is useless for us
to shut our eyes to these facts. In
return, we should get very small
consideration in the shape of pre-
ference, may be 2 per cent and perhaps
even . per cent in competing with
foreign manufacturers in the colonial
markets
This is a very startling proposal for
a free trade country, and seems in its
present form impossible for us to
adopt The preference. would be much
smaller in the case of British goods
imported into the colonies than in that
of colonial goods imported into Great
Britain It is still more important, as
OUR FOREIGN TRADE
Is SO gigantic III piOpOi lioil " IiaS 40
eign trade of the colonies, that the bur-
den of taxation would fall with much
greater weight upon the united king
dom than upon the colonies. Mr.. Cham
berlain then proceeded TO invite the
colonies to continue their efforts and
he expressed the opinion that the mar
quis of Ripon's dispatch to the COVER
nors of the colonies on this subject in
1895 had not closed the doors to more
L. .ar Il
vanced in the future and he called par
ticular attention to Lord Ripon's state
ment that an arrangement creating
customs union comprising the whole
empire by which the aggregate customs
revenue might be equitably proportion
ed among the principal communities,
would in principle be free from objec-
ton.
Dr. Montague, in responding, said it
was because he fully realized the
IMPORTANT INFLUENCE