MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 January 1917, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

~ . I RELATIONS OF CAPITAL AND LABOR. MR. BONAR LAWS STIRRING SPEECH. li IN SUPPORT OF WAR LOAN. Received Jan. lfi, 10.-10 p.m. London, .Inn. lb. Mr. Bonar Law, addressing :< meeting of lOOfl at Glasgow, made a stirring appeal to Scotchmen to snp]jort the' War < Loan, lie had an enthusiastic reception, and addressed it huge overflow ] meeting, where ho referred to the great revolution in industria. life, due to the necessity for increased production in consequence of the war. Old machinery an'd old customs, he said, were spent, and must he put away for new conditions, which would give full play io the industrial life, of the country. "After the war,'' he continued, '"the I greatest ~oeinl .problem of the Empire will be to secure a fair distribution uf. 1 wraith, without drying up t&e springs oi wealtli. The greatness of a nation depends upon the conditions whereundcr men do their work. We liavc not much IhiiH to think about these thingr now, •cv while our house is afire we are fully employed in quelling the llamcs; but i nor,- that victory is approaching we i imi.-.t occasionally consider the prob- 1 lon-:, for reconstruction. I am con- ' vinccd that the whole future ot the Empire depends upon the establishment ' of good relations between the represen- 1 tatives of labor and capital, wbo were more or less antagonistic in the old times. Tin gulf between the clashes has been lessened by the war, as every { section of society, and particularly the great trade unions, have sent it., be-t----men to serve the country." Referring Io the statement made at the Guildhall tha\ there were other ways of obtaining money if the loan was not fully successful, he said that it was evident that if the State was prepared •> cai! upon citizens to risk their lives, it wluid not hesitate to make other calls. If such steps were nceos- ' sary, the'amount of the levy made upon ' iii'Jivi.lunU and institutions would be < based upon contributions already made voluntarily. "VICTORY' WAR LOAX. I Renter Service. . '■ I London, Jan. IS. j The Railwayman's Union has subscrib- ! Ed £IOO,OOO new money to the war loan, . | making '£350,000, including conversion?. Received Jan. ID, 0.40 p.m. London. J-iii. 1!). The Federation of.Trades Unions his inves-od £50,000 of new money in the Wa; !,ofi:i. The Alliance Assurance Company hi.' infested .'.'5.000.090, including :odivcrsions, O. R. .vlerion] £-.!50,6c0, Manchester City £1,0!!0,0M,i and Lysaghts (Bristol) £500,000, of j which- £300,000 -.. new. HARRY LAUDER'S SHARE. Received Jan. 10, 7.5 p.m. London, Jan. IS. Harry Lauder has subscribed £50,000 to the* War Loan. [ln one week of October, at the Glasgow Alhambra, Harry" Lauder drew £3-100 into the Treasury. One half of this sum fell to the comedian. Xo wonder Lauder can afford to buy (as it is announced be has done) an estate of li,oOo acres on t'lje side of Loch I'yne, IBlenbranter, and subscribe £50,000 to the- War ( Loan.]