International complications ° are' threatened following the arrest b3 American immigration officers. to-Gay of two Mexican _poliesmon chaiged with smuggling Chinese! facrose the border into the United tes,
repeated charges by the American The arrests came asa climax to authorities that members of the! Mexican constabulary were forcing Chinese across the boundary, with the result that the United St has been put to heavy expense in repatriating the Pres: proceedings were of a most harmon-tous character.
The failure of the Ottawa conference would have meant the end lof all movement for freer trade jin the empire and have reduced nur influence to the vanishing point jin the forthcoming world economic conference and militated against the Jsuccess of that conference, declared i.' Stanley Baldwin, daring roadéast speech to-night.
Agreements made between the various Dominions and colonies at Ottawa would help the, colonies: materially and react most favourably on our trade with them he asserted 'The conference more than fulfilled our hopes. The great fact which stands out is that the con ference' succeeded in agreeing on revised trade policy which brings into. effect genuine reciprocity over fan enormous ares. No one in they dominions or at home can say that the had the best of the bargain. The question of bargaining did not Jenter into our minds."
"The scope and character. of the {tariff "changes in. the' Doriinions meant-for Britain a larger and in-Jereasing share of the Dominion markets, "The biggest achievement fof all was the declaration made by [Canada and Australia of their willingness to. reduce their tariffs 24 allow the British manufacturer to ecrpete fairly in' dheig markets. Reuter. et a
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