BALDWIN’S WARNING

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 671, 24 May 1929, Page 9

BALDWIN’S WARNING

SPEAKERS WHO BLACKEN THEIR COUNTRY ’ ( EVIL EFFECT ABROAD ■ i; (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) I " LONDON, Thursday. * The Prime Minister, Mr. Baldwin, j sounded a note o£ warning in a speech at Bradford against the effect abroad ! f of the speeches of certain candidates, j t He said the latter seemed to take a . delight in blackening the character and reputation of their own country. ( Foreigners who read some of the 1 speeches referred to would come to the conclusion that Britain was down and 1 out, and that the majority of her ( people were out of work. 1 “It is said that we signed the ] Kellogg pact with our tongue in our ] cheek,” said Mr. Baldwin, “that we ! learned nothing from the Great War j and that we are piling up our armaments. It would be supposed that . there was nothing standing between : Europe and perpetual peace except Britain. i “There never was such a complete caricature. Only demagogues who place the winning of the election before either truth or peace would paint , such a picture. Tips talk may seem childish to us, but it does nothing but harm to our reputation and our trade abroad. MARVELLOUS RECOVERY “I have never been so rash as to say all Is well in Britain, but I have stated —and I state again—the whole truth, namely, that the country has shown a marvellous and widespread recovery from the troubles of the war. “We are definitely recovering our position in the trade of the world, and we are doing it without having to repudiate our debts or to Inflate our currency. Ninety per cent, of our people are living at a higher standard today than ever they did before. “We have reduced our fighting forces and have disarmed more than any other country in the world. “I am convinced that, with close cooperation between employers and men, both using their brains in reorganisation, prosperity is dawning in Britain and will continue. ’ ULSTER ELECTIONS LABOUR REDUCED TO ONE SEAT (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) ' ( United Service) Reed. 1.25 p.m. LONDON, Thursday. The latest returns of the Ulster elections are:—Unionists 34 I Nationalists H Independent Unionists 2 Labour 1 The Unionists and Nationalists have j 1 won a seat each from Labour. j I BIG ROAD MONOPOLIES i TRANSPORT MERGERS IN BRITAIN CENTRALISED CONTROL LONDON, May 15. With the object of organising and expanding road motor services, “British Roadways Organisation, Limited,” is being formed, with a capital of £500,000, amalgamating all the existing long-distance routes operating between London and the North of England. The founders state frankly that j they intend to create a 100 per cent ! monopoly, and to become powerful . enough to “absorb and eliminate” any 'competition.” Centralised control is aimed at, on- ■ abling the diversion of coaches where ' traffic is very heavy to eliminate com- j petition. Four or five coaches, with 20 j 1 passengers, can now be observed at slack periods. “Cambrian Coaches” has completed a merger of numerous motor-coach concerns in South and South-West England. The new company will be ! styled “London and Southern Counties Motor Services,” and will have a capi- ! tal of £350,000. The coaching station will be situated on the former site of the City-South London tube station, j near Euston. 1 j Sir Henry Fowler, chief mechanical engineer of the London, Midland and . Scottish Railway Company, in a lecr lure to the Royal Empire Society, 3 emphasised the importance of motor i transport in the development of the 3 Empire, particularly in the little--1 settled areas of Australia.