SACRIFICE FOR PEACE.
SURPLUS WAR MATERIAL.
BALTIC OFFER TO BRITAIN.
GOVERNMENT'S REFUSAL.
By TeloxsaphPress Association Copyright. (Received 11.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z. LONDON", May 16. The Daily Express states that a remarkable sacrifice has been made in the cause of peace "by the British Government. This is the refusal of an offer received from Baltic interests to buy large quantities of Britain's surplus war material. The MacDonaltf Cabinet not only vetoed the sale, but made a general decision . against all such sales.
It is understood that the sum involved was £10,000,000.
The surplus material will be destroyed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18711, 17 May 1924, Page 9
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97SACRIFICE FOR PEACE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18711, 17 May 1924, Page 9
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