THE CHANCELLOR'S WARNING.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12292, 20 July 1914, Page 5

THE CHANCELLOR'S WARNING.

DARK INDUSTRIAL PROSPECT

By Electric Telegraph—CoPYßf-niT.]

Per Press Association

Received July 1.9,, at 5.5 p.m. Loudon, July 18.

Mr Lloyd George, speaking at the bankers' dinner at the Mansion House, said that- the climax of the trade boom was- readied in 1913.

Continuing, the Chancellor said: — "Wo aro now entering upon a quieter period. Nevertheless trade depressions aw .getting shallower and shorter." Referring to. the- imminent menace of industrial trouble arising out of the problems- with the reorganisatitfn of the conciliation boards and the Hmparalleled combination of two and a-ciuarter million transport workers ancUminer6, 'Mr Lloyd George -uttered a solemn- warning that the prospect- of ail equitable settlement of these disputes was darkened by the situation in Ireland. He remarked that in the event of-civil strife' in Ireland when industrial trouble in Great Britain was maturing, the situation would be the gravest any Government had to deal with for centuries. The responsible men of all -parties'should strive and are striving for reasonable accommodation, and with all having the country's well-being at heart he had hopes that such efforts would be crowned with success.