VIEWS OF THINKERS.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20497, 16 March 1932, Page 3

VIEWS OF THINKERS.

ARCHBISHOP'S PEACE SERMON. PRINCE GEORGE IN INDUSTRY. (VBOU OUB OWJJ COBBESFONDENT.) LONDON, February 2. Prince George, at Birmingham, said: There is little doubfc the manufacturers' have'now set,themselves in earnest-'to-improve their organisations and selling methods,'and I would urge on them to continue the' good work they have already embarked Upon, and so be ready for the inevitable revival in economic conditions, however long it may bo delayed. I have noticed -wherever 1 ,lvave visited industrial areas that the spirit of optimism and determination, which'went so far towards overcoming past difficulties, prevails even stronger than ever to-day. A general revival is undoubtedly overdue, not only in the interests of the manufacturer himself, but also in those of the general community, for if his undertakings are successful, and if his trade increases he will be able to reduce the numbers of unemployed citizens. A New Era. Mr Stanley Baldwin, at Birming-. ham: It may well be that at this very moment we are at a turning point i& our economic history. There are great changes coming, and let us be readyto meet them. I have never been one who has given in public an unduly optimistic view. I declared myself an unqualified optimist not long ago, and I think to-day the present position or British trade at this moment is that, while there has been a slight absolute improvement, tho relative improvement compared with other countries is considerable. We have entered a new era. We have been through fourteen terrible years, years of anxiety, y®f r ® of' suffering, years of mistakes. we aro in sight of the corner round, which better things lie.' , Sir Austen Chamberlain, at the same meeting:— We are in a state of hopeful expectancy. When the policy of the National Government is disclosed, I think it will be one which will give satisfaction to the national demand. That is not to say that every one of you will get exactly what you want, but there is a clear mandate. We have waited, I hope, undue impatience, without embarrassing his Majesty's Ministers, for the moment when they should be able to present a considered policy to the House of Commons and tho country. _ You will not blame me if I say that it is satisfaction to me that the Chancellor of the Exchequer who will present that policy to the House of Commons is my father's son, and in my role of self-appointed" prophet I venture to say that he and his colleagues will present a policy which my father would have been glad to underwrite. Value of Travel. Tho Prince of Wales, in a foreword to the Travel Association's booklet: — The more I have travelled myself, the mpre convinced I have become that travel-is essential to a better understanding between nations and to the realisation that in the world to-day the welfare of one country is bound up with thSt of all the others. I hope that those to whom our country is still unfamiliar will be stirred hv this little book to set out on a visit to our shores, and that otheia to .whom it ma ® bring h&Bpy