COMING STORM WILL SURPRISE THE WORLD.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 43, 20 February 1931, Page 1

COMING STORM WILL SURPRISE THE WORLD.

MR GARDEN CALLS UPON WORKERS TO BE READY. (Received February 20, 12.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, February 20. Mr J. S. Garden, addressing the Australian Council of Trade Unions Congress, declared that neither he nor Mr Lang had any faith in Mr Scullin, Mr Theodore or their supporters, who were neither bold nor courageous. The time had come for all workers to rally to a banner which must inevitably strike at the heart of the existing financial machine. He felt sure that the present situation was only a lull before the storm, which would be of such a nature as to surprise the world. A delegate from Melbourne exclaimed that proclamation of a state of national emergency would cause an uprising of the Nationalists, who were ready with arms and ammunition to defend the Capitalist class. The Congress decided to demand the release of the Communists who recently were imprisoned in connection with an outrage on a house at Clovelly, and also to protest to the Federal Government in support of Malayan and Japanese divers on the pearling grounds, who, desiring to preserve their living conditions, would have to face dismissal on Saturday.

analogy with states NOT TO BE CONTENDED.

(Received February 20, 1 p.m.) LONDON, February 19. Australia is paying on her war debt less than the actual cost of the money to the British taxpayer, says the “ Financial Times ” in an editorial. Should any amelioration prove possible it would be on the grounds of sympathy, not on the right of contending an analogy with the United States. The settlement is incomplete, the paper says, and the most that can be legitimately read thereinto is that Australia, having fallen upon evil times, should receive every consideration consistent with the necessities of the creditor, who is also encountering difficulties, remembering that the other debtor Dominions might be aggrieved by exclusion from similar privileged treatment.