San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-03
lAUR|ER LIKES Us.
Don't Seem To Be Afraid
OF Any War.
THE BRITISH PREMIER AND HIS
SlIB0RDINAIES HOLD A
- CONFERENCE.
They Talk of EnliSting Subjects
For The Army In The Various
Colonies. Of A Penny Pos
tage Rate, And Various
Other Things.

New York, July "A dispatch to the
World from London says:
THE only possibility of a war inter-
esting Canada, is a. war with the Unit
ed States and that refuse to consid-
err" declared Premier Laurier, when
| the proposition was made to him here
that Canada help the British navy.
| The World correspondent is able to
| give, on the highest authority, eXclus-
i've particulars of the conference be-
tween Colonial Secretary Chamberlain
and the colonial premiers.
Three things have grown out of the
presence of the colonial premiers in
England for the jubilee which interest
the United States. One is the propo-
| sition for penny postage to all parts
| of the empire; another, the establish
| ment of a naval reserve in the colo
| MES and the third, military co-opera-
ton with England ON the part of all
| the colonies.
Thursdays conference brought out
the suggestion that penny postage to
the colonies be made an achievement
of the jubilee year. This is tanta-
mount to its acceptance.
1t means that letter to New York
from LONDON would cost five cents,
while letter from London to Montreal
would cost two cents. A mere strik-
ing illustration of the discrepancy
would be furnished by Detroit, Mich.
and Windsor, Ont. They are only
separated by the Detroit river but
there would be three cents difference
in the cost of sending letters from
London.
In the naval matter, Premier Lauri-
er's attention was called to the facts
that Australia is to furnish a SQUAD
ron and that the Cape offers to furnish
first-class battleship if Newfound-
land would furnish the men. 1t is not
quite certain that this would not be
a violation of a treaty with the United
tates.
In regard to the military, no recruit
ing of the English army is being done
at the present in the colonies and the
proposition. is to have recruiting Off
ces established in the colonies, includ-
ing Canada. The premier of South At
RIGA was especially in favor of this,
in order to give an opportunity to en-
roll troops against President Kruger
of the Transvaal on his own ground.
AT the next meeting of the premiers,
the rights of Great Britain with res
pect to the Solomon Islands, New Hi !
brides and the Pacific Islands general |
ly will come up. Immediate annexa- |
ton will meet Mr.. Chamberla ms
views and undoubtedly those of the |
eleven premiers. This is interesting |
in view of the London papers conf
ment Oh Hawaii.
No London paper has mentioned one |
word of this latter because Mr.. Cham
berlain is anxious that it be kept very
luiet.
More important than any of these
matters to England is the proposition
which was seriously entertained at the
instance of Richard Seldom, the pre-
nier of New Zealand, for parliamenta-
~ representation of all the colonies
1t Westminster. At present Ireland,
With population of four million, has
% members of the House of Commons,
md is not satisfied, while Canada, with
i've millions population, has none, yet
houts: God save the Queenr'
The Daily Mail suggests Sir wini-
red Laurier himself for the House of
Commons. r-