With his blushing honours from Locarno thick upon him, M. Briand was the only French statesman who had any chance of forming a Government to approach the unin after life. "At the age of 23. the pleasant task of asking the coun-boys who were below them in schoo! try to pay more taxes, At hi have drawn level. At 80 they are in second attempt he produced 2 com-front. "The. boy who develops slowly may. succeed better than the boy" wi bination which was Left enough to Peaches his climax at school, satisfy the Cartel and Moderate enough to convince the representa-Typical Tommy tives of the moneyed classes that And whi I am on the subject there was no immediate danger of of juvenile character, I should like anything like inquisition into their to tell the following story, which affairs. "The main point of interest is, I think, quite one of the finest was to see how any Finance Min have read recently:—ster could deal with such awkward situation.
Sir Charles General Haringto Oficer Com i, Northern M. Loucheur, who accepted the Division, ina letter to the vicar of office, is one of the business mem-Se. Cuthbert's, York, paid a. warm bers of the Chamber, He was born tribute to the memory' of a despatch and brought up in the manu-rider, Wiliam Tilingworth, "27, who facturing "districts that extend Was boried with military honours at York yesterday, Illingworth wi round Lille and Roubaix, he had valided "out ofthe oval to do with the reconstruction of Signals in 1922 the devastated regions, and it was Sit Charles in Constantinople. supposed that, if anyone could Charles Harington wre draw up a comprehensive plan of had the greatest admiration for financial reform, the would be that the Ind. "He performed an act in man. Either his ingenuity was Ceqataninonle Pwheh wi" onl sar to me for hilexageerated or, his time too time, But also wil, Iam sure short. He simply proposed _to make his relatives' proud of him. He borrow another six milliards fron: found himasit Ina steamer ere the Bank of France, allow the 'Anatolia te Constantinople, Bank to issue another seven and a jcely_ other" Enelish-speaking person half milliards of notes, and to make considerable increases direct taxation, which, as everyone knows, is paid by only' a small part of the' population.
'M. Loucheur no doubt felt that he proposed any addition to Reported it tome, I sent for" the direct taxation, which everybody Tod and thanked hie. Te was an act yS, he would excite the wrath of favch a this which makes ws 20 proad the Cartel membera," MI Lavcheur, the British soldier, which stamps him the finest type of British. gentle-in short, did not attempt to deal our prestige with the' whole question, but more: the generosity and ly proposed emergency measures ness of our soldiers and sailors, to provide for the payment of the We have much to learn from the ex: two and a half milliards of short-ample set to us by young' Illingworth Sa" right food lad, term bonds falling due next week, and for other calls upon the Queen and Home Industry Treasury. Less than a fortnight ago M. Painlevé, then Premier, said The Queen has come forward with that an extra milliard and a half some very useful help in stimulating of notes would suffice, and now we home industry, since she has issued the following message to the Na-have M. Loucheur asking for seven tional Chamber of Trade: and a half milliards and saying ominously that unless he had them ith much Interest of within 48 hours he would not answer which is "on foot country {0 promote a for the consequences.
Bath Shopping Week for the" pure Foxe of stimulating the sale of British That Blessed Word and. Imperial goods.
It would be noted that M, Lou-This is a method of helping trade cheur declares himself to be an ad-everyone Tend a hand; and and. reducing "unemployment. in which versary of inflation. He dislikes it T'Nincerely trast that. every. more than he can say, but what is thority and every housewife he to do? Claims will be present-ce-operate to make the movement. ed on certain day, and the State must meet them; therefore the Muay State must print more notes, as Music from New York the financial markets all over' the world knew would have to be done Meantime science is going ahead. sooner or later. All he can do to Wireless telephone messages have gild the pill is to hold out hopes already eon exchanged between that the extra notes will soon be Rugby and Australia and although "reabsorbed" so that they can be the station is not yet complete very called in. "Reabsorption" in finance good results have been obtained. fs as blessed a word as There was an interesting incident It did: not encourage this week at the Radio Revel Ball Chamber, which expected some Olympia. A voice remarked much more substantial comfort, The "You are now going to dance to first vote on the Government's music from New York." After a ave M. Briand a majority of only short pause the people Hoard.a six votes and eventually, after a sudden burst of syncopated music, confused debate which went on at which was almost as clear as if it hhad_been broadcast from a station short intervals throughout the night in England. A man could be heard and until 10 o'clock next morning, the vote on the whole measure singing, and what appeared to be fa short comic dialogue was included the dance music. It was a wonder-150 members not voting.
Even this far from conclusive reful demonstration of the conquest of space. The audience at first sult was not obtained without great efforts. There were critical moments stood still and listened, but before the short American concert was over during the night. The Government everyone was dancing. was more than once on the verge of defeat and the utmost pressure Empire and Emigration had to be brought to bear on recalcitrant deputies to vote for the The Government is making a very clause under discus Contrary determined effort to assist Empire to custom M. Herriot, the president, migration. A great reduction i the fares paid by assisted emigrants to Canada was announced yesterday after the emigrants for five years. in Parliament by Mr. Ormsby-Gore, Officials of the Land Settlement the Colonial Under-Secretary. After Department throughout the January next such emigrants will minion will give them advice and be able to travel to the eastern ports assistance and help them to find of Canada for £3 instead of £15: employment and subsequently to 5s. as at present. The Canadian take up land of their own. Whi authorities estimate that for the in the past the Canadian authorities first year there will be between red that land workers, 5,000 and 10,000 more emigrants. ave had some experience, An important feature of the new they are now prepared to take up arrangement is the undertaking of per cent. of such persons withthe Canadian Government to look out previous experience. himself voted, ostensibly sending in 'a white paper, to show that he was supporting the Government. And yet the majority was only si 'M, Briand's Grand Appeal The victory was largely due to the efforts of M, Briand, who, though very weary, rose at 2 o'clock in the morning to plead for union at such n critical period. Many deputies who intended to vote against him, were influenced by his dramatic appeal, "Some imprudent remarks made in this Chamber," he said, "have caused requests for repayment, which have exhausted the supplies produced by the recent me tation. If you increase public w easiness by what you do now, we must expect an even greater strain on the Treasury, and you will have done your country a great deal of harm, I admit that, for the first time in my political life, I am cling. ing to power, Never before have I regarded the prospect of defeat ith anything but equanimity, but if Tam to be in a minority to-day, T am convinced that the country will suiter, Confidence is the one requisite. Let the public keep its Government stock and buy more, but do not tet It be porsunded to 'M. Briand was loudly cheered at™ the close of his appeal, but the bate tle was by no means over, Though a skilfully worded counter-proposal, brought forward by M. Bokanowsky, was rejected by over 40 votes, the struggle was very severe on various clauses of the Bill. Some minor amendments were" accepted, and some were rejected, at the request of M. Briand, by: ever-diminishing majorities. When the final vote came, Government supporters went rom bench to bench pleading with any Radical or Republicans whom "with a bia (negative)
card, The Bill ix now before the Senate' which, ut the time of writing, shows great unwillingness to accept it.
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