Mar. 7.
Mx, Winston Churchill, who was! the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Conservative Government, gives his full support to the declaration, fon fiscal policy made on Tuesday by Stanley Baldwin, the ex-Conservative Premier.
Writing to his constituents, Mr. Churchill says: "I have always been opposed to protective taxation of food for the purpose of uniting the British Empire because it seems to me that any such policy, if imposed by a single Party, would be liable to violent reversals most dangerous to Imperial concord. But the course, which Mr. Baldwin has now propos og, commands my earnest support.
"the policy of the Conservative Party is that, if and when we obtain power, we shall call a conference! representative of all parts of the Empire at which food duties, in return for reciprocal advantages 1o four manufacturing exports, will be discussed in perfect freedom.
"1¢ a good plan results from the labours of this conference, it will be submitted by referendum to the! [direct vote of the whole electorate who will then-be able to adopt it hor reject it," It seems to be that} is not only. the best way, but the
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