BRITISH POLICY ATTACKED
SPEECH BY MR. ASQUITH
A CAPITAL LEVY
(By Telegraph-Press Association-CopyrleM London, October 21. Mr. H. 11. Asrjuith, nfc a. meeting in the Central Hall, vigorously attacked tho Government's inch of a settled policy. Every Minister, he said, was a law unto himself. Referring to Russia, he said that in behalf of principles ioi which wo lind fought, ond which professedly the Tidily eui'ljodies, he protested against the employment of money, resources, and ]iicn in the settlement of a purely domestic question.
Dealing with, finance, Mr. Asquith demanded that the Government should produeo a now Budget. It was useless to proceed by tinkering with a sham. Preference in tho long run would on r y result in the loss of revenue and the increase of prices. The country was not bankrupt, and it was not poor. New sources of taxation must be discovered and -utilised. The. larg? accumulations of wealth made during the war should, in justice and cnuity, lie the primary contributors to .the relief of the war debt. An expert inquiry regarding a capital levy was an absolute necessity. -Aus.-N.Z. Catfe Arsn. '
"MUSHROOM WEALTH." London, October 21. Tho Government is faced' with increasing demands to combine heavier levios on mushroom wealth, with rigid economy expenditure. "Tho 'i'imes," in an editorial, says: "The ignoble war profiteers, enriched beyond dreams of their selfish avarice, flaunt their shameful gains before all eyes, justly disdainful of the Prime Minister's earlier promises to compel them to disgorge. The country expects Parliament to do its duty without slavish adherenco to any political banner."—"The Times."
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 25, 24 October 1919, Page 7
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262BRITISH POLICY ATTACKED Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 25, 24 October 1919, Page 7
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