LABS TOO LIBERAL

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 4 October 1924, Page 5

LABS TOO LIBERAL

FOR THE WORKERS’ WEEKLY. BRITISH LABOUR CRISIS. 8Y CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT LONDON, Oct. 2. A lobby correspondent says it is now strongly believed that the Government will be defeated on the Conservative vote of censure regarding the withdrawal of criminal proceedings against the editor of the Workers’ and that a general election will follow. Nevertheless, in the event of defeat, all parties will probably agree to pass the Irish Bill. ' It is believed that" the Premier (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, will not resign, but political opinion is emphatic that he will appeal to the country on Labour’s handling of foreign affairs and on its programme relating to domestic matters. The Independent Labour Party has issued an appeal for an election fund of £12,000. The Evening Standard says that the political crisis holds dramatic possibilities. If the Government resign next week Mr. Stanley Baldwin will undoubtedly refuse office, because, in the present temper of his party, he could not hope to carry the Irish Bill, w’hile. if . severely modified, the measure would be dfeated by a combination of Labourites and Liberals. In the event of Mr. Baldwin’s refusal.. Mr. H. H. Ascmith might be called on to form a Ministry, which will prepare an attractive programme and appeal to the country for a majority. Meanwhile the Communist Party has issued a manifesto condemning Labour’s acceptance of the Dawes plan and the imposition of hard terms on the Soviet, and declaring that to vote for Labour means to vote for the new Liberal Party. The Workers’ Weekly to-dav complains of the Government’s servility to the capitalist, and it urges the Labour Government to ston anologising for what everyone in the Labour movement regards as a meritorious action. It concludes by demanding the reneal of the Mutiny Act and the sedition laws. Mr. J. R. Clyhes, speaking at a trade union meeting in London, twitted the - Liberals and Conservatives with being angry at Labour's success. He added : “As regards Russia,. Aye are being denounced because we succeeded the Coalition failed. While Mr. MacDonald has become the greatest symbol of peace the modern world Ims ever Icnowm, the reactionaries can stand our success no longer.”