QUESTION OF PAYMENT

Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18803, 26 November 1932, Page 5

QUESTION OF PAYMENT

FRANCO-ITALIAN DEBTS. DOMINION'S INDEBTEDNESS. SIR WALTER LAYTON’S VIEW. Unlfod Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received Nov. 26, 12.15 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 25 Sir Walter Layton, editor of the Economist in an article in the Chronicle, says: “France, in addition to paying America £4,000,000 must re-

sume paying Britain £12,500,000 and Italy must pay America £250,000 and Britain £4,000,000, while the dominions, principally Australia, must resume paying £8,000,000 yearly. REPERCUSSION OF OTTAWA. MR MAXTON’S VIEWS. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received Nov. 26, 12.15 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 25. In the House or Commons Mr James Maxton (Labour member for Bridgeton, Glasgow), speaking in the Address-in-reply debate, said that when Ministers talked of the dangers of war they never looked across the Atlantic and failed to realise that Ottawa was a challenge to the world, particularly the United States. He hoped the Government would recognise- that America’s stiff-necked debt attitude was not unconnected with the Ottawa discussions.