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encouraging extravagant Address, profits until belatedly we try to but catch up with special taxation, allowing prices to soar and wages to follow them haltingly and incompletely. However much we may hope for efficiency in rearmament there is no guar- antee that we shall get it by these methods. But even if we did there is still the crowning doubt whether we know clearly why we are rearming. There were desperate attempts in the recent debate to overtake the omission of the White Paper and of Mr. Chamberlain to pay pro- per respect to the Government's professed I ideal of a foreign policy based on the League and collec- tive security. They made things no better. Indeed, Sir Thomas Mr. A. P. Greaves and family Inskip made it clear that we are wish to thank all friends and rela-arming to the point that "will be tions for their kind expressions of lective security or not" and, as necessary whether we have col- sympathy in their recent sad be-

Mr. Chamberlain puts reavement, and for the many floral

it, are. tributes sent and attendance at the making ourselves safe against “a whole series of hypothetical emergencies." In fact collective security has nothing to do with it. Mr. Baldwin, in winding up, attempted a new harmony; na- tional defence, it appears, is real- ly collective security all the time. But as to the machinery A curious suggestion' was ad- he had nothing to say except to vanced by Mr. Neville Chamber-repeat his desire for a vaguely lain during the closing stages of defined "regional pact”

whe the Budget debate. Pressed by ther on the west alone was not critics of his Growth of Pro- clear. If this means anything it fits tax concerning its operation should be filled in quickly, but against companies which have probably it means nothing new had a bad time during the de- at all. pression and, as with many ship-| ⠀ ping companies, have not been

funeral.

Hong Kong, Monday, April 26, 1937.

ARMS PROFITS

able to provide adequately for Voluntary Insurance depreciation,” much less make

profits, the Chancellor spoke of The voluntary contributory elasticity and almost committed pensions scheme before Parlia- himself to the strange and dan- ment is a typical example of the gerous principle of differentia-piecemeal way in which social tion in tax imposition. The out-services are managed. Govern- come of the discussion in Parliaments and Royal Commissions ment was, indeed, rather to sug-have been declaring for years gest that all the difficulties and that the time is ripe for the anomalies of the proposed tax overhaul of the unemployment, had not been fully considered, health insurance, and pensions and that an imposition primarily schemes and for the reconsidera- designed to check armaments tion of the present income-limit. profiteering would create more But co-ordination is still to seek, problems than it solved.

and in the meantime we have

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The truth, of course, is that a this useful stopgap ** measure, generalised tax can never be covering part of the field. The justified on the grounds that it Bill provides that persons not may offer a cure of a specific compulsorily insured for widows,” evil such as armament profiteer-orphans,' and old-age pensions ing. If this was really Mr. may insure voluntarily pro- Chamberlain's desire the provided their initial income is not blem: should have been tackled over £400, and in the case of a directly, whereas it is well known woman is not over £250. The that the Government has taken present limit for the compulsory no steps whatever for the con insurance of employed persons is trol of the arms industry, but on £250, except for manual workers. the other hand has acquiesced in The voluntary scheme thus the creation of enormous new covers a pretty wide range of vested interests. The rigorous salaried workers, a great many control of profits out of arma of the lower-paid professions, ments seems; an obvious step, and, not less important, thou- but the Government cannot be sands of workers on their own regarded as having attempted it account, small shopkeepers, and through the Growth of Profits farmers. The financial terms Tax. It has encouraged a tre- are fairly generous and from mendous extension of munition the State's point of view the cost making, by private firms, and is cheap, for the subsidy in the when the five-year plan is end-early stages will not amount at ed (if ever it is) there will be most to more than £2,250,000 a masses of plant dependent for year, and probably a good deal employment on and clamouring less. The Government must now for a repetition of armament or turn its mind to extending un- ders. But the experience of the employment insurance to the last war has, had no lessons for black-coated. It has a workable the Government. Its policy on scheme before it, and there is no munitions production is what it reason for further delay.