CAPITAL LEVY REPORTED DROPPED
In an interview granted a French Free Press paper, Mr Ramsay Macdonald delivered what is described as “a straight talk to France.” The British people, he said, felt badly towards the Republic because of the Ruhr question, and of her encouraging smaller nations to indulge in large armaments. The size of the French air force, also, was viewed with alarm, and it might be necessary for Britain to mobilise and form new alliances. Nevertheless he was optimistic as to the future. Mr G. P. Gooch declares that an Anglo-German entente is bound to come. Mr Macdonald and prominent members of the Cabinet have resigned their membership of Labour International. It is' reported further that the Prime Minister has abandoned the idea of a capital levy, as the time is inopportune. A Union Conference is to be held shortly. i when the question of abandoning the protection plank will be considered.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11739, 29 January 1924, Page 7
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154CAPITAL LEVY REPORTED DROPPED New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11739, 29 January 1924, Page 7
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