BONAR LAW AT GLASGOW

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16875, 28 October 1922, Page 9

BONAR LAW AT GLASGOW

FRIENDLY ADVANCES TO | FRANCE. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright ( Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received October 28, 10 a.m.) LONDON, October 27. Mr Bonar Law received an ovation from 5000 of his constituents at St Andrews Hall, Glasgow. The Prime Minister said that when he returned tfrom his recuperative holiday [in Franco he became convinced that t ! the Coalition was steadily losing f ground, and must be ended. The a trouble was not due to intrigues, and e did not arise in the House of Commons, r but in the constituencies. l He had acted as he did at the Carl- c ton Club in the belief that it would be calamitous to allow tho soul of steady s conservative opinion to go unrepresent- t ed owing to a party split. < If there had been a single issue be- f= tween the Labour and anti-Labour s parties, he believed it would have i strengthened Labour. i The greatest foreign problem ahead was reparations. He did not consider ? it entirely hopeless of solution, and he j did not agree with the view that Germany could not pay anything. Britain I entirely agreed with France that the s only point of difference was the method of obtaining payment. Britain and France, in their inter- r ests in Europe, must remain together. < Europe must found her hopes in the f League of Nations. His obejet would i be to make the League more effective, i He trusted that the United States i would soon become associated with the i League, thus increasing its value. Mr Bonar Law said that Britain 1 did not want to make the Straits of 1 Gallipoli a second Gibraltar. He hoped 1 that the treaty with Turkey would en- 1 able our troops t.o return home. The new Cabinet would show patience 1 with Ireland if it were satisfied that the i Provisional Government was endeavour- * ing to carry out the Treaty. The only real cure for unemploy- i ment was the restoration of trade. He i emphasised that the country needed as little legislation as possible. Ho said that he proposed to abolish the Ministry of Pensions. Regarding tho proposed Imperial Economic Conference, he could imagine nothing better than the settlement of suitable unemployed men overseas. Tlie best chance of improving our trade was by developing the resources of the Empire. We had lost many of j the good markets of Europe, especially foodstuffs from Russia, which was now coming largely from the Empire. The war which impoverished Europe had enriched many of our fellow subjects overseas. We must try to utilise that to the utmost. ” 1 thinking of fiscal measures or anything of that kind, ’ stated Mr Bonar Law, ' but of the development of the Empire by means of more buying power. By « carefully thought-out nlan in cooperation with tho Dominions, hotter trade results might be secured. The self-governing Dominions are becoming nations, and they are large and generoils. By co-operation I do not mean spending British money, but going into the whole subject with the earnest desire to find out whether by co-operation we cannot do something to increase the trade within the Empire.” CHANGE WELCOME IN FRANCE. By Teleprrapli—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received October 28, 11 a.m.) PARIS, October 27. The French Press is showing an unprecedented interest in the British election. The newspapers unanimously welcome Mr Bonar Law’s policy statement and express the belief that this gives high hope of overcoming the Anglo-French misunderstandings! The “ Gaulois ” says:—“lf Mi Bonar Law succeeds England will again ; adopt her traditional attitude of sincerity and prudence with no further adventurer’s sudden changes, and warlike speeches, or threatening gestures.”

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