DEBT TO SOLDIERS.
EVASIONS OP PRE-WAR PROMISES. %1 faligrapn.—Pr«si Assn Copjrlgbt. London, Nov. 17. Lord Haig made a feeling speech hetfore the council of the Farmers' Union ■en behalf of ex-service men. He said fcnen were induced to enlist by means of promises that they would be looked , (after when the war was over. At the same time money had been Raised and dividends paid thereon. IWhat would be said if the loans were repudiated or the dividends withheld? Be could not see the difference between that and the treatment accorded the tnen who had fought. Apparently it (was no longer true that Britain's word was her bond. The directors said they would not be justified in donating the Shareholders' money to his fund. They did not understand that they existed mly through the effort of ex-6ervice ben. It would be a blot on the nation's mnor if thes; fine men were condemned ;o remain in the ranks of unskilled abor. The Government, employers, and inions ought to make a combined effort, ►he Officers' Association was spending £9OOO monthly more than it received.
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 November 1920, Page 5
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183DEBT TO SOLDIERS. Taranaki Daily News, 20 November 1920, Page 5
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