IF WAR COMES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22166, 20 July 1935, Page 13

IF WAR COMES

POLITICIANS TO BLAME COMMERCE AS PEACE FACTOR (Received July 19, 7.5 p.m.) VICTORIA, July 18 "If war comes it will have been caused by politicians, not by the people," remarked the Prime Minister of Australia, Mr. J. A. Lyons, before he left Victoria for San Francisco. " I am Bure war thoughts do not iipring from the hearts of the people of any country. We should take .all Government heads once a year to the battlefields of, France and let them meditate."

fllr. Lyons urged a closer friendship and a more equitable Bcale of trade relations between Canada and Australia, and said he believed that better Pacific relations would result in more stable world confidence.

At a luncheon of the Rotary Club Mr. Lyons. Baid it was most important to increase Australia's trade balance with Canada. He did not wish to decrease Canada's trade, but to bring about a more even balance. He would even welcome an increase of Canadian exports provided that Australia's leeway was made up. TRADE WITH CANADA MR. LYONS' ARGUMENT RECIPROCITY ESSENTIAL VANCOUVER. July 18 This Vancouver Sun states tha,t the Australian Prime Minister, Mr. J. A. hyonu, came to Canada with an appeal to buy more from Australia. " The truth is," says the paper, ' that Canada, with her policy olr 'Sell goodii abroad, but do not buy in return,' is destroying her markets, 1 Every favourable balance we have w ith a country to which wo do not owe money is bound to drive that country's custom away. The reason is plain. They ton only pay for goods with goods. If Canada will not let them do that, they toust buy in countries that will.™