23 NOVEMBER 1929, Page 4

For our part we are strongly opposed to tariffs for

quite another reason. They would be a constant source of international friction. The decisive argument used in the House of Lords, however, against Lord Beaverbrook was that the Dominions have shown no trace of desiring to remove their tariffs against British goods. Already LOrd Beaverbrook has modified his original scheme so far as to suggest that the Dominions should confine their anti-British tariffs to key industries. -Even so, he- seems to be making no more headway. We are all for a great Empire development, but there are other ways than to fly in the face of the facts. *