IMPERIAL POLITICS
SPEECH BY MR. LLOYD GEORGE. COUNTRY PREPARED FOR EMERGENCIES. By Cable -Press Association—Copyright. London, February 4. Mr. Lloyd George, in a speech at the City Liberal Club/ denied that there was a split in thle Cabinet, and refuted Mr. Bonar Law's accusations regarding the overcrowding of the civil service. He declared that the lowness of Consols was due to .the South African war, the Irish Land Act, and the widening area of trustee investments, for which a Unionist. Government was responsible. The country was tetter prepared for an emergency than ever before. They would never be able to arrest the growth of armaments until international envies, jealousies and fears were removed. He believed the time was favorable for a better understanding between Germany, France, Russia and Britain. Such a result was obtainable by candor, frankness and boldness. The money saved from the construction of armaments would be better employed in improving the people's condition.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 187, 6 February 1912, Page 5
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156IMPERIAL POLITICS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 187, 6 February 1912, Page 5
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