CAPITALISTS AT WAR

Hokitika Guardian, 18 October 1928, Page 5

CAPITALISTS AT WAR

ATTACK ON AMERICA

(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph— Copyri gilt). LONDON, Oct. 17.

A remarkable attack on the United States was made by Mr Samuel Samuels M.P. (Director of Samuel and 'Co., bjunkters, and director of the Shell Trading Cov., Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Coy., Lloyd’s Bank, and member of the Shipping Federation -Executive). He made the attack when addressing the 1212 Club. Mr Samuels declared that the United States was trying to dominate Britain. The United States had formed the League of Nations. Then it cut adrift. The United States had induced Britain to abrogate her treaty of alliance with Japan. That was a fatal mistake. Then the United States played Britain false over China. After inducing Britain to enter a now agreement for common action in China,, it refused to join them when Britain and Japan wanted to take action there, in the recent troubles. Instead the, United States had utilised its position to point out that the United States was China’s best friend, and that it ’ was preventing the Anglo-Japanese allies from interfering. Air Samuel continued: “We gave the Chineses Nationalists our concessions at Hankow. I am now informed that it is the intention of our Foreign Office to give up the British concessions at Shanghai. A more fatal procedure cannot be imagined. There is nothing in the Anglo-French naval agreement to prejudice the United States. Yet America has asked for a fleet equal to the fleet of Great Britain, but America does not want Britain to build a sufficient fleet for the protection of her vast Empire requirements. The whole American agitation is political, and it is against British interests. We cannot trust the United States.”