BRITISH TRADE

Feilding Star, Volume 3, Issue 551, 28 December 1925, Page 5

BRITISH TRADE

EMPIRE SHOWS PROGRESS ' EVERYWHERE EX COER A CUT NO ; R ECO YKR Y (Aust. and N.Z. Cable). London, Dec. 2G. 'Writing in tile Observer, Mr Garvin (its editor) reviewing 11)25, says: “There are encouraging signs of a definite recovery of trade The Government, owes the firmness oi s its position more to the weakness o( the Labour and Liberal opposition than to its own vittne.s ailj performances. The 1 'British; Empire ns a whole has shown progress everywhere. Preference has'been established here as a principle past reversal. Australia and 'New Zealand, like Britain' the year previously; have voted for stability', and in the Commonwealth violent labour troubles have been overcome in a manner .promising more, settled conditions.”

Air Garvin recalls' that the position in India and Ireland has improved and states: "The 'greatest single achievements is the Locarno Pact. But there is one weak spot. Lot none suppose that .Mosul will be no hesitation in saving that I roisters and (heir facile majority suppose. We are creating a little Ulster in that region by insisting on calling it part of j meg 1 The test will come in- 1.928, when our part was to have been regarded as complete. It looks as though one issue in the next general election lia.s already been decided upon.”