XX. Hoiv to Pay jor the War 



(i) Do those who are objecting to pay for the War 

 at the present moment honestly beHeve that the scheme 

 laid before them is a feasible one ? 



f2) Are they satisfied that those who are to find the 

 money to finance these undertakings will secure the 

 returns on the capital invested that they are led to believe 

 will accrue and go to help reduce the War debt ? 



(3) Are the working classes in the United Kingdom the 

 only members of the Empire who have fought and bled 

 and died for the cause of the Allies ? Has the United 

 Kingdom been the only centre from which soldiers of all 

 grades and colours have flowed forth to fight the good 

 fight against the military domination of the world ? 



(4) Have not our Overseas Dominions, our Tropical 

 Colonies and Dependencies also done as well as the work- 

 ing classes in this country, so far as their circumstances 

 would permit, to help win the War ? 



(5) Since all these various units, the whites, the blacks 

 and the browns, as well as the yellows, have come together 

 and joined in the fight, why should the Labour leaders 

 in this country talk in a menacing manner of the trouble 

 that will accrue when the War is over if the propositions 

 advanced by the E.R.D.C.,' including the development of 

 palm products and other industries on the scale outlined 

 l)y the hon. secretary, are not instantly approved of by 

 the British public, and why should the tax-payers on this 

 side of the water refuse to pay their share of post-war 

 taxation any more than the inhabitants of the British 

 Empire on the other side of the water ? 



Personally, I am certain that whilst all of us will avoid 

 having to pay heavier taxes than are absolutely necessary 

 it will be found that, once it is realized that the debts must 

 be liquidated, everyone will join in and help to win the 



' i.e., the Empire Resources Development Committee, Hon. Sec, Mr. 

 Wilson-Fo.x, M.P. 



