NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 18 December 1924
18 DECEMBER 1924
The Earl of Onslow stated in the House of Lords that inquiries would be made as to the truth of the allegations contained in an article in a monthly magazine entitled “Nigeria’s Curse – The Native Administration.”
A speech dealing with the Government’s fiscal plans was delivered by the Prime Minister in the House of Commons on the Liberal amendment to the Address. The amendment, which was moved by Captain Wedgwood Benn and seconded by Sir Archibald Sinclair, was rejected by 339 votes to 151.
Mr Ramsay MacDonald, in a message to the Socialist candidate in Dundee, said the Government had already proclaimed to the world that the nation had returned to the old ruts of militarism and Tory ascendancy. The Labour party stood as the champion of progress against reaction.
Addressing a Liberal rally at Llandilo, Sir Alfred Mond said that if the Government meant to reintroduce the Preference resolutions of the last Imperial Conference, which involved a number of new taxes and which the country decisively rejected at the election of 1923, they were committing a most serious breach of an honourable pledge.
Herr Stresemann has declined the task of forming a German Government on account of opposition by the Centre party.
Further evidence was heard by the Royal Commission on Food Prices. Bread, it was stated, was dearer in New York than in this country. Speculation in wheat in America was very great, but there were no corners.
On account of the “distinct difference of treatment between England and Scotland” in the matter of representation, the Scottish branch of the National Farmers’ Union has declined to participate in the agricultural conference.
