EX-SOLDIERS IDLE.
THE POSITION IN BRITAIN. LORD HAIG’S STRONG PLEA. By Telejrapn.—Press Assn.— Received May 21, 5.5 p.m. London, May 20. Lord Haig, addressing the Northampton branch of the British Legion, referred to the complacency of the Minister of Labor’s speech in the House of Commons, regarding what had been done for ex-service men. He said they wanted Ministers to show a little of that fiery spirit on behalf of exservice men that the service men showed in the trenches on behalf of the nation. Thousands of ex-service men were awaiting industrial training, and half-a-million were out of work, and what comfort was it to be told that the trade depression was responsible for the delay in training? What must ex-service men think, when nothing is said about taking steps to save them from continued want and misery? The difficulties might be great, but die obligation was far greater. Unemployment relief might be uneconomical, but the obligation is overwhelming. There was nothing more uneconomical than to leave the flower of the nation to go to seed.—A us.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 May 1922, Page 4
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179EX-SOLDIERS IDLE. Taranaki Daily News, 22 May 1922, Page 4
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