SPECIAL TO THE ¥.C0.N, London, Sept. 16, The tariff drive is gaining momentum. The London Chamber of Commerce has circularized its 9,000 members asking them to reply by return of post state ing their opinions as to whether they favour the imposition of tariffs upon foreign manufactured good raw materials, and food write when ment disclosed its economy propoals, but it appears that he was. only making an ironical allusion to the statement which fr. Arthur Henderson made yesterday a week ago in the House of Commons to the effect that. he could produce shorthand notes of the proceedings of the fateful meetin During the debate on the second Yeading of the National Economy Bill, Mr. Avthur Greenwood, for Opposition, said the late Goven ment were prepared to consider all reposals if they would achieve ime equality of sacrifice. They parted company because @ number of them would not, accept the view of equality of sacrifice taken by the other two political parties Sir Herbert Samuel, the Home Secretary, admitted' that the economy measures must diminish, purchasing power and, in consequence, cause some decline in employment, but the motion was acting Under the hard compulsion of financial: and economic necessity.—Reuter, Sept, 14.
The "Daily Herald," the official organ of the Labour Party, in its editions of to-day carries banner; Jines over articles declaring—that the Conservatives are planning to bring about the dissolution of Par~
The "Daily Herald" declares that the Conservatives, now that the budget has been balanced and the economy bill and budget, approved, are planning to bring about a gen-feral election in October.
Tariff is to be the issue on which election will be fought, the "Daily Herald" says. The, newspaper as-! scyts that in all probability October {15 will be the polling day.—United Press.
Sept. 15.
In the House of Commons this afternoon the debate upon the Bud-
Opposition by Mfr. William Graham, solutions was opened for the late Pr lent of the Board of Prado in the Labour Government. Interesting speeches followed from John Simon, it. Winston Churchill and Sir Sir John Simon in his speech argued that unless swift action was taken to correct Great Britain's, trade balance, all indications pointed to the fact that before the end 1931 a terribly serious situation Would arise. He referred to. the Cabinet sub-committes et that moment sitting under the chairmanship of Sir Philip Cunliffe Lister, the new President of the Board of 'Trade, to consider the balance of trade position and in particular to examine the proposal for the prohibition of luxury imports Ast put forward by Mr. Walter Runciman. Sir John' Simon declared that in his imports would not meet the situagpinien the prohibition of tion, Ile said that there was alternative to the immediate placing of some obstacle in the way of fave imports from foreign." countries. He definitely and formally declared himself in favour of an stuffs—Through Reuter.
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