Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-04
COLONIAL POLICIES
WINSTON CHURCHILL Is MAX
ING HIS IDEAS PUBLIC.
Special cablegrsm to The Star.

special Cabegram to The Star.
LONDON. February a-Mr winston
Churchill. under secretary for the colonies.
who forged TO the front as campaigner In
the recent general elections. has been max
Ing public his ideas upon colonial policies.
Speaking of the possibilities of colonial
conference which does things" Mr..
Churchill said that In his work at the colo
NAL Office Lord Elgin had been obliged to
face many difficulties, but the question of
the colonial conference presented no diff
culties to the government. The periodic
assembly OF representative men from all
parts of the British empire to discuss ques-
lions OF imperial Interest was attended by
great advantages and he believed that such
policy would receive all possible assist
ance and encouragement from Lord Elgin.
Before Mr.. Lyttleton left Office he had sug-
gested the postponement to 1907 of the con-
ference due to assemble In the summer of
1910. This postponement to the year 1907
was In several cases actually convenient
for the colonial ministers themselves and
fitted in most happily with their own cleo
toral arrangements. The advantage of the
conference meeting In 1907 Is that 1t could
then be free, unfettered and untrammeled
Mr.. Churchill thought that there were
many questions Of imperial Importance upon
which colonial conference would throw
most instructive light and in regard to
which all were hopeful Of fruitful results.
In general way his personal views were
that there was no reason why the home
government should wish to extend over
South African affairs a more constant con-
troll than the home government exerted
over the Safeguarding colonies Of Canada.
Australia and New Zealand.
The question of Canadian trade came up
the other day when Earl Darlington, presi-
dent of the board of agriculture, received
his first deputation consisting of a large
representation from the Free Importation Of
Canadian Cattle ArSncia IF
ain. Bailie Watson of Glasgow explained
that the object. of the association was to
secure the repeal of the act of 1896 which
placed an embargo on the importation of
Canadian cattle. They, wanted Canadian
cattle to be freely imported and allowed to
fatten and be crossed with home stock.
Lord Carrington's Reply.
Lord Darlington in the course of his reply
said that on this question he associated him.
self entirely with the attitude of his prede-
cessor, Mr.. Fellowes, in so far that the in
terests of the general public were to be con-
sidered before any one particular interest
He regarded the question 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 1896 had adj
vanced many strong arguments. On the
other hand, there was an overwhelming
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 tenant farmers and small oc-
cupiers in the united kingdom. He assured
the members of the deputation, however
that the government would In the near flu
ture consider the matter in all of its bear
ings, remembering that the restrictions were
not imposed as a protective duty in the in
terests of a particular class, but solely as a
protection against the Introduction of dam
gerous and infectious disease.
The Irish are complaining over the APP
min yny,f ord Sin &c Iris hut for
commissioner in England. -
An Interesting statement showing the
necessity for an Increased preferential tariff
to help British trade In the Canadian mar
ket has just been issued by the tariff COM
mission. Based upon the official returns of
the united kingdom, Canada and the United
States the statement shows that as the re-
suit of keen United States and German COM
petition in the Canadian market the ex-
ports of British manufacturers to Canada
declined rapidly and steadily until 1897.
when the preference was first adopted, and
that since 1887 this decline has been turned
into a substantial and continuous increase.
The British share OF the Canadian market
is increasing at a lesser rate, however, than
the share of the United States and other
foreign countries, both as regards dutiable
and free goods. In the opinion OF British
manufacturers and merchants giving evil
dence before the commission the most ef
fective means of increasing the British
share of the Canadian market lies In an en-
largement OF the preference along the lines
suggested by the colonial conference and
the declarations of Canadian ministers.
The. Rev. ]. Lenthal Davids. vicar of st.
Johns, Vartry road, has completed the for
alton OF an influential committee which
will put into effect Lord Rothschild's offer
to pay the entire cost of removing 200 fami-
lies from Tottenham to Canada. In re-
cent address at the mission hall at South
Tottenham he explained that every man
would be fixed up with a job before he left
England, and would find his work wait
ing for him as soon as he landed