BRITISH POLITICS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 11928, 23 October 1919, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS.

MR ASQUITH’S VIEWS. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received Oct. 23, 9.30 a.m London, Oct. 22. Mr Asquith, at a meeting in the Central Hall, vigorously attacked Government’s lack of a settled policy. He said every Minister was a law unto himself and a friend to Russia. On behalf of the principles for which we fought, and which professedly the Treaty embodies, he protested against the employment of the money resources and men in settlement of a purely domestic question. Dealing with the question of finance he demanded that Government should produce a new Budget. It is useless to proceed with the tinkering ana sham preference winch in the long run would only result in loss of revenue and increase of prices. The country was not bankrupt and was not poor. New sources of taxation must be discovered and utilised. The large accumulators of wealth made during war time should in justice and equity be the primary contributors to the relief of the war debt. Expert enquiry regarding a capital levy was an absolute necessity.