THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 October 1923, Page 2

THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.

I.xsiin: a 1 1 ixc-pi."--; ::. "Gnlik<, Franco and the I'nitcd Stale-.. England cannot liv c . inside a i iiig-ience.” said General Russel!, in a recent interview on his return from the Motherland. "Hoi industrial life depends on her foreign trade. And, in Si, far that it can )-c said to rep resent it. the financial world, while in no way hostile to Imperial development, looks on its fruits as to distant that the only tiling to do is to rehabilitate our ohl markets. Yes, if it can bo done, but it should not be allowed to push into the background the larger, and in the long run Hie more truitful and safer |M,liey of Empire- development, building the foundations of our industrial house chi our own seetlun, lather than on our neighbour'.-, from which we may be asked in remove then; any -day at his convenience, and not our own. While Empire develop incut, with iis accompanying Empire migration. >-a mini afford immediate relief and v.ill lake time, its effect fortunately ' ill In- in an increasing ratio.”