MUTUAL CONCESSIONS

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 141, 16 June 1932, Page 12

MUTUAL CONCESSIONS

BRITAIN AND DOMINIONS

"It is no part .of nur duty to suggest to the people of New Zealand how they can get out of-the difficult, poßition.in which;they find,,themselves tor day, but I would like;.' to direct your attention, to what has -been done ■in Great Britain," said Mr. L. A. Paish, His Tra,de; Commissioner, at' a luncheon tendered to him to-day, oa the eve of his departure for England, via Ottawa.; : :*;•.'.". -.■■.-"-•. V. "

"We had an unparalleled situation to. face/, he said. "It. was ■ faced -ytiih promptitude, and most energetic measures were taken to bring the country back toDrosperity.. Judging from what appear^in the English Press, prosperity is gradually coming back to great Britain; and if the Ottawa Conference is successful, as I haye no doubt.it will be, prosperity wUI be reflected-back to New Zealand." ; The speaker pbinted but,that England took over .twice: as much produce from New Zealand as New Zealand took in manufactures from England. That .position, should be .rectified. . The >statement Of the Prime Minister of New Zealand that, "we should 'tray, -where we sell,'' was not borne out by the remarks hehad just made. Mr. Pstish thought that it might be fairly, expected i£at out of the Ottawa Conference some good would come. ."We should think more -of the concessions we could make rather than of the concessions'ire wanted other people to give us. All must put'their shoulders to the wheel in'order to bring back prosperity. -'.."...' "■ '