MOTION IN THE COMMONS

Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 38, 15 February 1919, Page 6

MOTION IN THE COMMONS

MB. BONAR LAW'S REPLY

GOVERNMENT MUST HAVE TIME,

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In the House of Commons, Mr. W. Bruce moved an amendment to the Ad-dress-in-Reply, regretting the absence of definite proposals to deal with tlie industrial unrest.

Mr. J. H. Thomas seconded the motion. He said that at present there were a million men and women unemployedThe difficulties with the mines, railways, and transpqrt-workers were so serious that the country might at any moment be pl(inged into one of the greatest indus: trial upheavals. He protested that the Premier was neglecting to deal with profiteering as a cause of unrest, and urged the abandonment of secrecy in settling disputes. IVfr. Bonar Law, in replying, in the absence of Mr. Lloyd George on important business, said he hoped the amendment would not be pressed. The country was facing a difficult problem. He urged the Labour members to refrain from condemning the Government before it had an opportunity of fulfilling its promises.