THE BRITISH ELECTIONS

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIII, 21 November 1923, Page 7

THE BRITISH ELECTIONS

‘ FUTURE PRIME MINISTER.” RAMSAY MACDONALD OPENING LABOUR’S CAMPAIGN. EBB PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT • , - LONDON, Nov. 20. A large crowd farewelled Mr Rain say MacDonald, who . is. going on a provincial tour. They sang the “Red Flag’’ iiiql. cheered “Our future Prime Minister!” Mr .MacDonald said the election -would deffide whether Labour was to be the subordinate of governing political power. /Britain wanted more thai}. the Conservatives or the Liberals were offering. Labour alone could giiTg ;it. International peace, home development, and the co-oper-ation. of brains with muscle, that was the platform on which Labour stood and it was therefore going to win.

NOT ACCEPTED. LONDONj.Nov. 20. Sir J. Buckley decidres lie offered to stand for his constituency as a Conservative and I’ree Trader, hut the local association refused and, was selecting a new candidate. THE LIBERAL POLICY. THE MANIFESTO. LONDON, Nov. .20. The Liberal manifesto, signed by;. Mr Asquith and Mr Lloyd George on behalf of the party declares the Government elected a..ypax. ago on a programme of five years’ tranquiL ity, suddenly decided to plunge...the country into the turmoil of a general election on the unproved and improvable allegation that the tariffs would cure unemployment. The manifesto condemns the precipitancy of the Government’s action, which was solely due to the signal disastrous failure of their conduct of the foreign policy in great mallei s essential to our livelihoods. The Government's blindness, indecision and impotence had been such that, it ceased to exercise a guiding influence in European affairs. Tire same applies to the Eastern policy and the shameless Treaty of Lausanne surrendered all the securities of British commerce in Turkey, A similar fate threatens the valuable markets in the Far East. The Liberal policy' is a prompt settlement of reparations,' coupled with the consideration of interallied debts; an earnest effort to co-operate with America -and the reopening of full relations with Russia. The manifesto declares that the capital levy would be disastrous, and demands improvement and development in Britain and the Empire —for example, transport, /afforestation, cheap power and the development of Imperial resources, especially the Crown colonies, railway buildings in the Dominions, and India, the facility ation of overseas settlement and the cheapening of the means of interImperial transport.