London Feb. 5.
Mr, Stanley Baldwin, the leader the Conservative Party, today out-ined the Conservative policy to a crowded meeting of the Party at the Landen Coliseum.
"He said he would never ce-operate the present Government's efforts arrange a tariff truce. He was trying to find what could be done to rationalize industry Imperially, and aut merely domestically, Every effort should be made, he went on, to effect arrangements between industries (not politicians) in Great Britain and corresponding industries in the Dominions and India.
Mr. Baldwin stated that it was necessary that no European com-mirment should be made which would prevent Britain from extending the policy of preference in order to supplement and fortify Imperial trade agreements. The whole Empire must be visualized as a unit.
He said he wished to sce conferences between sh_ and Do-samians representatives of such industries as steel, cotton and wool, discuss the types of production which the Dominion industry might fairly manufacture exclusively for their own markets and what British manufactures should be sold to those The Conservative leader added that the development of the Crown. Colonies primarily was a question of money, It must be the earnest endeavour of any government to do ite utmost to benefit the trade enter-Sng these Colonies, particularly the cotton trade.
Mr, Baldwin said that it made his Blood boil to see the way in which the State-controlled Russian press and Russian statesmen referred to. the British Government, He stated that the Conservatives resented secrecy in Anglo-Russian diplomacy. A more serious thing, he continued, Was the persecution of Christians in Russia. The Government's indifference to it was inexplicable.
Visualizing the event of his return] to power, he said that he must have 'a free hand in safe-guarding the manufactures of this country, He denounced the proposed. tariff truce like a country armed and arrows making arrangements with a country armed with modern artillery that they will not add another bow and arrow to their armaments for another two Mr, Baldwin proceeded "We havi never used modern artillery. It is time we did. We have used it in a limited way at target practice in safe-guarding duties, We believe wafe-guarding duties to be a Moroughly efficient modern weapon and we cannot begin to maintain the standards of our own people unless we have the power to use the principle of safe-guarding and use St freely and retaliate with it: We should use the principle of safeguarding in making treaties with foreign countries.
Mr, Baldwin declared that the Government themselves should accept the responsibility of recommending to the House of Commons what industries should be safe-guarded. Under his Inst Government, he said, applications for safe-guarding were dealt with by a Committee set up by the Board of Trade.
Mr. Baldwin then stressed the fact. that the necessity of the Empire was to visualize the whole of the Empire as a unit and he advocated fa process of nationalization of the dominant industries of Great Britain and the Dominions. We want to rationalize imperially," he declared. "Inter-imperial ce-operation is essential. There should be conferences Vetween Home and Colonial industrial representatives to adjust safeguarding and mutual preference, to agree on combined research and' to provide further selling added in conclusion, British Empire may become a unit the senso that the United States unit and whether it may be guarded by one tariff with a vast area of free trade, I know not. These things are in the distant future. But of. one thing Iam assured and that is that proceeding step by step along the course I have recommended to you to-lay is the safest and surest thing."
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