Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-07
Negotiations for Reciprocity
With Canada Reopened.
CONFERENCES BEGIN TODAY
Fielding and Patterson to Represent
Dominion.
FOUR OTHER MINISTERS HERE
Concerned in Other Matters in Is
sue-Earl Grey Unable to
Visit Washington.

President Taft reopened reciprocity ne
gotiations with Canada today.
Representatives of the Dominion, ac-
companied by James Bryce, ambassador
from Great Britain. called at the White
House and conferred with the President
and Secretary of State Knox.
After MIR. Taft had welcomed W. >.
Fielding. Canadian minister of finance,
and William Patterson, minister of GUS
toms of Canada. ENJOYS who are to CO.
operate in defining the duties of good
neighbors. he expressed the hope that the
negotiations would proceed speedily and
result In an amicable adjustment.
Conferences on Today.
It was decided that the actual work of
preparing the reciprocity treaty would be-
gin at g o'clock this afternoon. behind
closed doors, at the State Department.
Those who will confer at this meeting are
Messrs. Fielding and Patterson for Can
ada, and Secretary of State Knox, As
sistant Secretary of State Wilson, Chand-
Ter p. Anderson, counselor for the State
Department, and Charles NJ. Pepper, COM
mercial expert of the bureau of trade re-
lations
1t is understood the work done at this
session will consist only of review OF
the plans discussed last March at AL
bany By President Taft and Mr.. Field
ing in an effort to prepare treaty.
The United States, ii is said unofh-
cially, is prepared to offer proposals that
will be broad and liberal for a large adj
vantage in this country for Canadian
farm products. The object of the United
States is TO obtain larger sale of manu-
featured goods in the Dominion.
Reciprocity negotiations between this
country and Canada have been intermit-
tent for the last nine months. Officials
and others who called at the Executive
Mansion expressed qualification that y
permanent REIMBURSEMENT is now in sight.
Earl Grey. Governor of Canada, wired
President Taft today that he will be I'M
able to attend the state dinner at the
White House Wednesday evening.
1t is understood that the opening of the
Canadian parliament on that day pre-
vents him from attending.
No word has yet been received from
Sir Wilfred Laurier.
Other Ministers Here.
other Canadian ENJOYS who arrived in
Washington last evening to patch up the
relations between the United States and
Canada, are: L. p. Brodeur, minister of
marine and fisheries; Sir A. &. Aylesworth,
minister of justice; George p. Graham,
minister of railways, and W. Mackenzie
King, minister Of labor.
Each of these cabinet ministers has
mission of his own, with various depart
mentS OF this country. They will keep in
touch. however, with the progress of ne
gotiations at the State Department.
Senators Crane and Lodge called at the
White House today. Inasmuch as Massa-
chusetts is keen for better trade relations
with Canada, especially on account of its
fisheries, it is understood they discussed
this phase of the negotiations with the
President.
Representative Foster of Vermont in
PRODUCED about twenty students of Dart
mouth College to the President early in
the day. The students are members of
the dramatic club which presented David
Garrick" at the New Willard last night.
Representative Taylor of Ohio informed
the President that the city of Columbus
needed an assistant district attorney. MIR.
Taylor said he had no candidate in mind.
Among the other Visitors at the White
House today were Senator's Curtis of
Kansas. Piles of Washington, Burrows
of Michigan. Guggenheim of Colorado,
Jones of Washington, Representatives
calder of New York, Mckinley of lii
nois. Pray of Montana and Kustermann
Of WISCONSIN.