BRITISH APPEAL

Hokitika Guardian, 28 March 1933, Page 5

BRITISH APPEAL

CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNMENT.

BRIGHTER OUTLOOK FOR TRADE

(British Official W<-eless.)

RUGBY, March 25. An optimistic view was taken by Mr Neville Chamberlain (Chancellor of th e Exchequer) in a speech at Birmingham, when he appealed for comfidence dn tjhe National Government, t 0 enable them to complete their task.

"Ou r credit system ha s -been »o fully restored,” h e said, “that to-day we ar e almost embarrassed by the amount of money coming into London from other countries, brought by people who feel that this is a safer place than that from which it came. From haying slipped back to the position of tjhe third exporting country of the world, we have regained the position of the first exporting country.”' Over 200 new factories have been established, here with foreign capital. The Government has had invitations from .something " like 20 foreign countries to begin negotiations with them for new commercial treaties. Agriculture was .being reorganised from top to bottom. The farme r had greater Hopes -and greater confidence in the future, than for many years.

Referring to the difficult and delicatp problem of instituting a new system of Government in Tndia, he -said that the Government did not underrate the j-isks, but with patience, good.

wjll, prudence and courage they might be encouraged to believe that they would presetitlv see the end of that momentous proETTm.