Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-04
TRADE CONDITIONS OF BRITAIN
Winston Churchill Talks ynf Import-
Rnce of Proposed Conference
of the Colonies.


LONDON. Feb. S.-tSpecial Cablegrau1 "a
The Bee mir. Winston Churchill. under
secretary for the colonies. who forged Ia
I the front as a campaiguer in the recent
general elections, has been making public
MS ideas upon colonial policies Speaking
OF. the possibilities of colonial conference
which does things" Mr.. Churchill said
that In his work at the colonial Office Lord
Elgln had been obliged to face many diff
culties, but the question OF the colonial
conference presented no difficulties to the
government. Tne periodic assembly OF rep
resentative men from all parts Of the
British empire to discuss questions of i'm
perial interest was attended by great ad-
vantages and Ne believed that such policy
would rece II possible assistance and
eneouraF - from Lord Elgin. Before
Mr.. ~ Il left once he had suggested
tne y ,nement to 1876 of the conference
assemble in the summer of loO6
postponement to the year 1877 was in
,veral cases actually convenient for the
colonial ministers themselves and ntted in
most happily with their own electoral ar
rangements. The advantage of the confer
ence meeting in lsU1 is Ftnat 1t couid tnen
be free, untettered and untrammeied.
Mr.. Churchill thought that there were
many questions OF imperial Importance
upon which colonial conference would
throw most instructive hsut ana IA regard
to which all were hopefui Of fruitful re-
suits. In general way mis- personal views
were that there was no reason wny the
home government should wish to extend
over South African afrairs n more constant
control than the home government eXerted
over the self-governing colonies OF Canaua.
Australia ana New Zealand.
Tue question UI Canauan trade came up
the other day wnen Ear Carrlngton, pres
ident OF the Board of Agriculture, received
his rirst deputation, consisting OF a large
representation from the Free Importation
Of Canadian Cattle Association OF Great
Britain. Bailie Watson of Glasgow ex-
planned that the object of the association
was to secure the repeal Of the act OF 1870.
which placed an embargo on the importa-
tion of Canadian cattle. They wanted can
adian cattle to be freely imported and al
lowed to fatten and be crossed with home
stock. Lord Darlington in the course OF
his reply said that on this question he
associated himself entirely with the attl-
tude of his predecessor, Mr. FeIlowes, in so
far that the interests of the general public
were to be considered before any one par
from two points Of view, the imperial and
the national and the domestic. He admitted
that both on imperial and sanitary grounds
the advocates of the repeal of the act of
1885 had advanced many strong arguments
On the other hand there was an overwhelm-
Ing mass of opinion that the law could
not be safely altered on account of the
grave risk OF the Introduction Of disease
that would be run by the teant farmers
and small occupiers in the United Kingdom
He assured the members OF the deputation,
however, that the government would in the
near future consider the matter In all OF
its bearings. rememberiag that the re-
strictians ~ero-Rot inpe ed AZ n protective
duty in the interests OF u particular class,
but solely as a protection against the intro
duction Of dangerous and infectious dis
eases.