After alluding to the improved trading conditions throughout Britain, and expressing satisfaction that workers Were getting their share of it, the Prime Minister said he thought the country could congratulate itself that when the need for rearmament came revenue had expanded so much that they were able to take up the task without undue strain, His wish was that all nations would soon see the futility of spending all this money on armaments, because they were afraid of each other, instead of spending on better food and education and on other things which made for the comfort of the people.
Before they could see that day, he added, those fears must be removed. If they succeeded in that, armaments would disappear,
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