IMPERIAL FEDERATION.
LORD HAMPDEN’S VIEW. ITS ACCOMPLISHMENT REMOTE. London, Jan. 3. Tn the course of an interview, Lord Hampden (formerly Sir H. Brand, speaker of the House of Commons) said federation was desirable, but its accomplishment was remote. At present he thought it would even be dangerous in view of the somewhat loose relations of the colonies to the mother country. The Blake difficulty should also act as a warning to too sanguine federationists. It was imperatively necessary from the nature of the elements to be dealt with that federation should be br.ught about gradually. It must also be elastic in charactef, and limited to the control of the Customs, police, and military arrangements. What might be poslible in Ireland and Scotland might be found intolerable in the colonies. Lord Hampden concluded by saying that he thought it would be found impossible to create a uniform tariff. He did not consider the imposing of a protective tariff on British imports by the colonies would be an obstacle to federation.
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 245, 10 January 1889, Page 3
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169IMPERIAL FEDERATION. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 245, 10 January 1889, Page 3
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