BRITAIN’S BURDENS
TREMENDOUS HANDICAP [Per Press Association.] WELLINGTON, Dec. 5. Interviewed, the Hon. Mr Triggs emphasised the tremendous handicap Britain is struggling with in the load of debt she faces as the result of the war and debt settlements. Instead of being first as exporter, she is now third, America and Germany being ahead of her. He was impressed by the advantages enjoyed by France and Germany in regard to loans through the depreciation of the franc and the mark but, in the conclusion of his interview, he said that his desire was not to disparage these countries nor to criticise the MacDonald Government, but to impress on New Zealanders, with all the earnestness in his power, that the Mother Country was labouring under great burdens and that to meet, the terrific competition with which she is faced she needs more than ever the sympathy and active support of every loyal member of the Empire.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 290, 6 December 1929, Page 10
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