Federation of British Industries Likely to Head Opposition London, Feb. 6., The "Daily Express" forceasis that a big financial battle is coming over the question of the return to yn 9 gold standard, in which the com-re) bat ants will be banks and city interests for the one part and producers for the other. The news-Paper declares that opposition to a gold standard is headed by the Federation of British Industries, which formally has expressed its popular opinion as its chief ally.
The journal enumerates the chief objections to a gold standa It would make Great Bri economic vassal of America, with vast hoard of gold, (2) The very fixity of a gold standard might operate adversely to the national interest on certain The "Daily Express" adds:—"By accepting a gold standard humanity parts with a good deal of power for rappling with and controlling the feb and flow between prosperity and
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