MR CHURCHILL’S POLICY.

Wairarapa Age, 9 May 1924, Page 5

MR CHURCHILL’S POLICY.

ONCE MORE A CONSERVATIVE. TO FIGHT SOCIALISM. (Press Association— Copyright.) (Received 7.20 p.m.) London, May B.—Considerable interest is evinced in Mr Churchill’s speech at Liverpool, because it is the first Conservative meeting he has addressed for 20 years. Mr Churchill scathingly attacked tho Government. He declared the budget was an example from beginning to end of Socialistic inconsistency and insincerity. He defended the. McKenna duties and condemned the Government’s attitude towards Imperial preference.

Finally he declared: “My policy is a strong, active Conservative party, united under its own leader, with a Liberal wing co-operating in order to make common cause in the endeavour to secure the defeat of Socialiism at the polls. Such co operation would involve the adherence by tho Conservative party to a broad progressive policy such as the leaders have now definitely adopted. That is the only road to victory. Mr Asquith, speaking at Chelmsford, said the budget was not a Labour budget, but a Liberal and free trade budget;, for which the Liberal party intended to. vote whole-heartedly. The’ Government had shown wisdom and courage in withstanding the demands for these ridiculous colonial preferences and the repeal of the McKenna duties. He hoped they would not yield over the latter, which were not imposed originally for protective purposes, but simply because it wps vital that cargo space should not be occupied in war time by cumbrous objects of luxury. ; Mr Asquith said ho was of opinion that it was unlikely there would bo a dissolution during, the next 12 months. The “Daily Herald” declares the statement of the postponement of the repeal of the McKenna duties is unfounded.—(A. and N.Z.)