"FIGURES MOUNTING UP"
" I have my own special reasons for most earaestly and anxiously desiring to see some relaxation of the tension in Europe. At the present time we are engaged upon the complete re-equipment of our three fighting services and on the modernisation of our defences at home and overseas. That has, necessitated our embarking upon by far the large st programme of defenee that has ever been undertaken in time of peace. As I watcb the figures mounting up, as I reflect upon the growing cost. of tne maintenance of this vast panoply when we have completed it, I cannot help being impressed by the incredible folly of eivilisation, which is piling these terrible burdens on the shoulders of the nations — burdens which, if something is not done to reduce them, are bound to pull down the standard of living for a generation to oome." — Mr Nevillt Chaiabselain, Chancellor of the Exchequer. 4
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBHETR19370412.2.32.4
Bibliographic details
Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 72, 12 April 1937, Page 6
Word Count
155"FIGURES MOUNTING UP" Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 72, 12 April 1937, Page 6
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in