Conditions in England.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 December 1921, Page 1

Conditions in England.

A IKAYS (IK HON K. U\ AIdSON. j ir- -tt-;i.i;<:r:.;fit - im:i: fitK.ss association] AUCKLAND, Dee. 5. The difficulties whit h Gleet R>. itilin iexpck ie ing I". :■ res'ilt of indtistriiil ili-iii gunisntiiiii vine to the t un! i|*u d hd.otir unrest following i.u li.e npcetiViil en'used by the wnr wete n letT d to yesleidity iiy !lie llmi R. V, . Alison, M.!,.( '., who teiurned by the Mule no nt'ter :t trip extending over eight months. Air Alison sttid the ei ononrie conditions .in Grout IV: it:iin were ol a most depressing eliaiaelcr. The whole euitiitrv aas sitiTering not only from the alterinatli of the wai. bn; !:om the laireacliing liuancial stringetny, excessive taxation, loss ol trade, industrial unrest, and unemployment. Great Britain’s loss of trade dm ing the present year had been appalling, due largely to tl.e continuous industrial stoppages, including the i eeeii t disastrous foil I strike. Each month's returns for the present veur. as publi-lied by the Board I „f Trade, compared with the corre-pond- j ing months tor last year, shotted tc-j duclioiis in both expmts and imports. "What is wanted in Kngland.'' added Al,- Alison, "is the n ssati.m of milustiial unrest and strikes, the cessation of the limit al inn of output, and an immediate I'.’iui'tt to pro'ltK live Hlllk. T,.eie must be unity of aim and purpose. and the nation must get to work in earnest. The lemark made hy Air \Y Al. Ilttghc-. I’ivne Minister of Austialia. that 'there is no salvation lor us except hv not!;,’ applies " i*-h Inn liitve 111 ' England- There is | feel sloe, no u'da r Wp.v it t 'atle is'to be restored and good e-mill'inns and piosperity are to predominate. Employers and workers must act as one, .■s.'ieising their hranis and capa

Idlities iu unison, and enterprise must be e.ieoti,aged. These ate the emnlusums 1 have come to from studying tue condition- in England, and it these thill. 'S are not done, the heart ol the Empire "ill do Ir but st.tely heroine ilecinlent.”