Lord Goschen was the chief speaker at a meeting organised
by the Anti-Protection Society at Halifax on Thursday. The House of Commons, said Lord Goschen, was the proper place for this great issue to be fought out, but the House of Lords would be prepared to do its duty if the matter should not be brought in proper form before the Commons. After an incisive review of the various stages in the evolution of Mr. Chamberlain's policy, Lord Goschen insisted on the need, greater now than ever, for keeping open all the channels by which corn came to us. As for the E15,000,000 from duty promised by Mr. Chamberlain, it could only be got for the Revenue by the foreign goods coming in; and if they came in, there would be no additional employment. If there was additional employment, it could only be by the goods not coming in; and if they did not come in, there could not be the £15,000,000 of Revenue. Lord Goschen favoured the appoint- ment of a Royal Commission. It would be a great relief, he said, to bring the figures of all the various parties together and hear all sides. Vigorous speeches on the Free-trade side have also been delivered during the week by Mr. Winston Churchill, who observed at Kidderminster on Thursday that the only result, of Mr. Chamberlain's " hustling " methods was to hustle the Unionist candidate out and hustle the Radical in.
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