Show HA s i X I LONDON SPEECH v T Former Colonial C Secretor Secretary Y Given a Great Ovation p y 1 THE T E f OF PROTECTION PROT t 1 4 All GR SS MAY DE nOM 1 I F T THE TEE L s sJ sL Sr J Condon L Jan 19 Tb The Guild ball lall was 1118 packed Ced to ea Uday to hear bear Jo Je Jet Jofe Jos fe s pia t pl t ap speak ak 1 Mr r A who tube wa swag accompanied by b Wg his wife a great greitL ovation He Ht H began by hy dec declaring ilta tile the proVIncial centers of commerce or the United Ut King hing f dom dord had b been en heard from In im regard to hi hie tariff proposals but th the views of the citizens of London LandOR were not yet Y et known ow n I He xe desired de to ascertain how hole Ute sw men f felt lt on oft the subject of his a eb faem ef the file of OP opt mOne of but bat be lie e t ted that v wt ing g to Its Ct char character character acter e would trot wot t have hae ae the op t et f Toting roans directly for fir or against hint bint Mr orr n who said He h believed the same game argument he ha used in la the pro wowed would appeal ilal equally to imperial Ial J tlc London then proceeded to reiterate He las w financial views I e point pointed ed out oat that while whole London Londea was tow pow toe the t e clearing house hones of the world he ht doubted doubt d If that position could maintained b If the ancient ardent fiscal superstitions ns was to 10 t tw up held Before it Jt tee a lesson eo BOn should be learned from the tiie fl fatA f A of Hof f Venice Holland and the Ute states whose greatness vad v because they tey have bae no and creative e energy Y behind them theta In to Lo H Supremacy Sup in Danger Dinge Dan London would no longer be the tR worlds Bearing Ett hong bo if Great ar ln preset C ei relations wi her colonies and the th r est neutral coo oC the file world were ere noti not Dot i Hie claimed that t ta the t re board of f trade returns de e 1 d i ent but hut he be intended to base hid bIg nature future ture arguments on those return t tu as as they proved that the growth of foreign to the th British tad had greatly gr e a y exceeded ed the growth gr o of af exi from the mother land The Th position of oL G Great Geat eat Britain was de deteriorating terl and though hough he anticipated no immediate te catastrophe catastrophe th the situation called loudly loudl for some remedy The les lessons sons sous OilS of ot the past moat be applied and the framework of a new nets empire mint t be built up under new conditions by adopting the protective policy P is Y adopted adopt P by b Y every civilized dv iii zed nation na tl on and creating new bonds bo n ds of o our f funion union ur lon with ith the Although no ne vote of ot confidence was per gar permitted permitted miffed the tho extraordinary enthusiasm of the stock exchange who escorted e Mr MI Chamberlains Chamberlain s carriage to the Guild hall baH the cheers which punctuated his speech and the vociferous applause at the close of his remarks must have haye assured the former colonial sea secretary that he be had the fun full sympathy ef of his hiB audience |