FEDERAL POLITICS
LIFE OF PARLIAMENT. WAR CONSIDERATIONS. MELBOURNE, February 23. In the House of Representatives Mr. Hughes, explaining Jus motion asking the imperial Parliament to extend the hie oi J J artianient, said that there was no precedent for the motion, but the circumstances of the war were such as to make precedent for all our actions impossible for united action. If we would do our part in preserving the Empire it was not desirabe to disturb the people by an election. He instanced the tact that Britain had postponed the elections.
Mr. Hughes said that Australia could not afford to be left out of the Imperial Conference. It had been said that Australia should not be committed by her delegates to any definite policy and that there should be no interference with her powers of self-govern-ment and on matters relating to the successful prosecution of the war. She had already been committed to use every cunco of strength. In relation to. peace terms, while he urged the utmost destruction of the military power of , Germany, he was nut favourable to the humiliation of the German people by placing them beyond the pale of civilised.nations.
A LIVELY DEBATE
ATTACK ON THE GOVERNMENT
[AUSTBALIAN AND'N.Z'. CABLE ASSOCIATION.]
Keceived this day at 12.5 jt.ni, MELBOOjiNE, Thiti Day. Mr. Tudor followed Mr. Hughes, dashingly attacking the Government. The debate was adjourned. In the Senate there waa a further warm discussion on the Government's polity. The debate wag adjourned over the week-end. i PROLONGATION OF PARLIAMENT. SPEECH BY ME HUGHES. [AUSTRALIAN AM) M.Z. (JABLE ASSOCIATiqN.j Received this dav at 10.20 a.m. MELBOURNE, This Day. •In the House of Representatives, Mr Hughes, in moving the prolongation motion, said that we had'come to a grave crisis in the war. We were not getting much more than half the recruiting for this period last year, although the demands were greater than ever. Elections would make recruiting .appeals impossible au»l futile.. ■"' ' ' ._-■■. ■ a' '
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