BRITAIN’S PERIL.
,WARNING-,BY A PEER. “Britain is the .maddest country in the • Occident,” .; declared Viscount iLymingtpn, .addressing- a farmers’ club in ;England.'- , - “Our, leaders would be liable to imprisonment/in ■ a sailer age,” lie said. “The British Empire ,is : the greatest block- undefended from plunder in a land-hungry'world. , ' “Complacency cannot gloss over our dependence on' imported foodstuffs. The appalling effects of the average Englishman’s diet ; are' demonstrated in the appallingmimher.'.of. rejects • for the Army. The talk of; the Minister 1 for War (Lord HaiTsllam) : of,plans to expand ■■ agriculture:,iin..case, of War is the greatest moonshine ever put over urban populations,- who have forgotten all reality.” . ■/. ... ■' . •; .. . '
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 304, 21 November 1936, Page 9
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103BRITAIN’S PERIL. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 304, 21 November 1936, Page 9
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