BRITISH ELECTION

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22262, 9 November 1935, Page 13

BRITISH ELECTION

ADEQUACY OF DEFENCES BROADCAST BY SIR H. SAMUEL British Wireless RUGBY, Nov. 7 Last night's election broadcast was delivered by Sir Herbert Samuel, who, referring to rearmament, agreed that the Government and Parliament were bound to see to it that defences were sufficient to safeguard the country against risks. It was their prime duty, but it was untrue to say that the present defences, the cost of which had advanced in three years by 20 per cent to £124,000,000, were negligible. They would never get security, however, along that road. The only real road was through general disarmament and taking the profits out of pushing the sale of arms. Dealing with domestic issues, he said that the continuance of unemployment was due to the heavy drop in overseas trade owing to barriers to its development all over the world. Strenuous effort should be made to secure an allround reduction of tariffs, quotas and other restrictions, and he .called for a bold initiative. Mr. Stanley Baldwin, in a letter wishing the National Government candidates success, reviews the issues of the election, in the course of which he says that the electors' choice rests between the National Government, which stands united in defence of the League of Nations and world peace, and the Labour Party, which, when the testing time came, lost its leaders and found itself divided into different sections on this vital issue. ' POLICY CRITICISED LABOUR AND ARMAMENTS PLEDGED TO EFFICIENCY LONDON, Nov. 7 " The Government in four years has spent £450,000,000 on the fighting Services. If they are not efficient I want to know the reason why," said Mr. Herbert Morrison, in the final Labour broadcast. He added that the Labour Party was pledged to maintain efficiency of the defence forces but refused to squander money oij armaments. " A vote for the Government will be a vote for a policy leading to war," he added. DISORDERLY MEETINGS FACTIONS COME TO BLOWS DEMONSTRATION AT LEEDS LONDON, Nov. 7 Disorderly meetings are scarcely a sign of election apathy, of which some complain, though it especially rouses the ire of Labour candidates wherever they speak outside their own constituencies. Police were culled to a meeting addressed by Mr. Neville Chamberlain in North London, where the rival factions came to 1 blows. "Green Shirts" demonstrated against Mr. Baldwin on his arrival at Leeds Central Station. A dozen men who had travelled in the same train jumped out and dashed along the platform, where distinguished personages were assembled, shouting, " Down with the bankers' Government! 1 '

The " Green Shirts " are supporting the Social Credit candidate.