EX-SERVICE MEN IN ENGLAND.
THE NATION'S DEBT. . LORD HAIG SPEAKS OUT. (By b*- Assoc'afior.—Copyright.) (Australian and X.Z. Csblo Association.) LONDON. .Atay 20. Lord "Huig, addressing the Northampton branch of tho British Legion of exServicemcn, referred To the eomplaeouey of the Minister of I.abour in his speech iu the Rouse of Commons regarding what had been done i'or ox-Servi-'O men. They wanted -Ministers to show a l.ttle of that tierv spirit on behalf of ex-Servieo men that Service men showed in the trendies on behalf of tho .Naticr.. Thousands oi tr.ou were awaiting industrial training in Britain, and half a million were out ot' work. What comfort was it to he told that trado aenresMon was responsible tor the delay in training: What nwis: ex-Sen ice men think whou nothing was said about taking stops to save them from continued want and misery? The difficulties might be great, but the obligation was lav greater. Unemployment relief might be uneconomical, buttho obligation was overwhelming. Nothing was more uneconomical thai: to leave tho flower of the Nation to go to seed.
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17460, 22 May 1922, Page 7
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