THE ONLY HOPE

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 90, 13 October 1923, Page 8

THE ONLY HOPE

DEVELOPMENT OF EMPIRE

BRITAIN'S POST-WAR POSITION

SPEECH BY PRIME MINISTER,

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. COPYRIOHT.)

(AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)

(Received 13th October, 1.30 p.m.)

LONDON, 12th October.

Mr. Baldwin, responding to the toast of his health at the luncheon to the new Freemen (himself, Mr. Mackenzie King, and Mr. Bruce), recalled with pride the financial stability of the City of London during the war, and pointed out that that position could dnly be maintained if the large industrial population in the country had work. While other countries had also suffered derangement of markets, Britain, owing to the circumstances of her case, had suffered worst. The time had not come to enter into the details of what he believed it was possible to do to provide that in future years Britain should not, surfer as she was now suffering. He urged the necessity for pushing on the development of the Empire with the utmost celerity and ardour. He was conMent that m that direction alone lav hope for the future of Britain and for the crowded masses of population and farmers.