"....but gave evidence at
countless official inquiries in
Great Britain, Japan,
Canada, New Zealand and
Australia."
(Bill Ryan:-) Question: What "official inquiries" did
Douglas give
evidence to in Japan and
Australia?
(Joe replies:-) I think Rowbotham might have
phrased that a bit better.
The "official enquiries" certainly weren't
"countless". At least not
if
we're using "official enquiries" in terms of Douglas's presentation of
evidence under that designation as it applies to the various Committees he
appeared before in Ottawa, Alberta, New Zealand,
and the MacMillan one we've
been discussing most recently. There are four, by
my count.
In Japan in 1929, following the presentation of his
paper at the World
Engineering Conference Douglas was attending in
Tokyo, I believe it
would
have been more correct to state that he was
interviewed by "officials" of
that country's Finance Ministry.
And, over the period of a week
apparently, must have answered many of
their "inquiries" as to his ideas.
I think this would most likely have been the nature
of any "inquiries" he
received from "officials" during his visit to
Australia also.
Doubtless
there must have been "countless" conversations
where various "officials" in
various places made their own "inquiries" regarding
his ideas in
conversation with him over the years.
It is interesting to note that Douglas, despite his
evidence before the
Alberta Agricultural Committee in 1934 where he
speaks of the Japanese using
"the reverse" of his ideas, still seems to be quite
favourably disposed
towards the Japanese.
This is also touched on in his more 'political'
writings in "The Big Idea",
where he seems to indicate that Japan, a staunch
and effective British ally
throughout World War One from start to end, was
subjected to a "loss of
face" when their alliance was terminated after
World War One.
We have not discussed what is implied in "the
reverse" of his ideas, as the
Japanese applied them during the pre-WWII
years. Any comments on
that?
Do you suppose "the reverse" of Douglas's ideas on
national credit also
implies the "the reverse" of his philosophy
regarding the relationship
between the State and the individual as regards the Japan of that era?
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Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 10:24 AM
Subject: [socialcredit] question
The current issue of "The Social Crediter"
contains
this
statement from Michael Rowbotham's book, *The
Grip of Death*:
"...Douglas was a massive political influence in
his
day, and a major figure on the world stage. He not
only had a world-wide following, but gave
evidence at
countless official inquiries in Great Britain,
Japan,
Canada, New Zealand and Australia."
Question:
What "official inquiries" did Douglas give
evidence to in Japan and Australia?
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