TO HELP MR BALDWIN”

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12357, 29 January 1926, Page 7

TO HELP MR BALDWIN”

WHY SIR ALFRED MOND LEFT THE LIBERALS “IMPERIALIST ALL MY LIFE.” Australian and N.Z. Cable Association , LONDON, January 27. Sir Alfred Mond, in an interview in the-“ Daily Telegraph,” said: “I am anxious to help Mr Baldwin m dealing with the big industrial questions of electricity and coat. Wo have both been in the industry, and can view problems in the. same light. I believe that the old terminology of master and man must he scrapped. I havo been encouraged by Mr Baldwin’s enlightened views in these matters.” “And there is the question of Empire. I have been a strong imperialist all my life. I have never voted against, a preference to the Dominion which is not imposing a tax on the British taxpayer. More than once ,1 have advocated the development of the idea of free exchange of goods throughout the Empire, and I was largely responsible for the Empire Settlement Act,”REPROACHES LORD OXFORD S .LETTER. The Earl of Oxford and Asquith, m a letter to Sir Alfred Mond, expressed regret that Sir Alfred did not dißcuss the matter with him beforehand. He did not know why Sir Alfred had presupposed the party’s decision regarding Die land policy. He was soirry that after many services to Liberalism Sir Alfred Mond had shifted his allegianco to the protectionist party. (Sydney “Sun” Cable.) Sir Alfred Mond, replying to the Earl of Oxford and Asquith. writes: “You had long been perfectly aware of the acute party differences over the land iwliry. If you wished to discuss them with me, I was always at your disposal.” Following his father’s example, Mr Henry Mond, chairman of the Eastern Counties Uiberal Federation, has joined the Conservatives.