BRITISH GENERAL ELECTION

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 51, 25 November 1918, Page 5

BRITISH GENERAL ELECTION

MANIFESTO BY COALITION LEADERS j GOVERNMENT'S FIRST TASK i CONCLUSION OF JUST AND . LASTING PEACE j I (Dec. November 24, 5.5 p.m.) | London, November 22. . •! Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Bonnr La.w : 'have issued ;i joint election manifesto. ■ H says i lie Government's first task is I to. conclude i> just and lusting peace, en- i sibling the formation of a League of ! Nation* 11ml reduction of armaments, i averting the possibility of future ware. | It reiterates the proposals for industrial ! and agricultural developments covered in > recent cabled speeches, and refers to the ; proper adaptation to peace conditions of i the experience gained in regard to the ! drink traffic in wartime. ■ The manifesto j state? that it would be premature to pre- j scribe a permanent fiscal policy until ; the country lias returned to normal in- j (luslrial conditions. The reduction of the ; war debt must bo made to inflict the least '. injury on industry. Fresh taxes should . not lie imposed on rav; materials. Pre- j ference should be. given to the colonies. : Military institutions will necessarily be ! dependent upon the Empire's needs, and; the prospective requirements of anv ; league for Hie preservation of the worlds j peace. Meanwhile the Government will [ undertake the inevitable reduction ,of ; military and naval establishments. i The 'Government intends to remove ] existing legal inequalities of men and ; women, and also proposes the creation of ( a Second Chamber based on contact with ' the people.' While the Irish question is i unsettled there cannot be political peace. ! One of ths first objects will be to ex- ; plore all practical paths for the settle- ; ment of a basis of self-government— j Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.