Show ENGLAND AND THE COLONIES london april 4 the speech delivered at ottawa by sir wilfrid lau aler the canadian premier has attracted a good deal of attention in colonial circles especially among tho ministers here to attend the colonial conference sir jos ward tho the premier of new zealand in an interview today said that premier laurier was only echoing what he and others had bad said all along regarding preferential trade and he knew that alfred deakin toe the premier of australia thought likewise sir sli wm john lyne minister of trade and customs for australia declared that he agreed entirely wita sir wilfrid laurier and that anything he might do in the matter of preference would receive his hearty support dr james premier of cape colony frederick robert moore premier of natal and other leading colonials made some statements lord strathcona Strath cona premier for canada said 1 I take it that what la is meant Is that canada Is now in euch a position that there is no necessity to go hat in hand asking favors from the united states without regard to party politics the canadians will accept gladly what the premier has said and agree with his utterances |