EXTRA EDITION. HOME POLITICS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 4 January 1924, Page 7

EXTRA EDITION. HOME POLITICS

."LABOUR'S POSITION

TRIBUTE TO HIS MAJESTY

*3Y VfPhK— PBBSS ASSOCIATION—COPYHIGHT

Received Jan. 4, 11.10 a.m

LONDON,

Jan. 2

In a speech at -Tamworth, dealing 'with Mr Asquith's contention that the Orown could refuse Mr Ramsay MacJDonald authority to dissolve Parliament, Mr Frank Hodges declared that "Labour believes it can consummate its programme through the British Constitution. He believes it would not impede democratic aspirations, but if li>ack stair influence shatters this belief then good-bye to political evolution. We should drift to the rapids -of revolution. He concluded that the Xabour Party has a profound faith in •the impartiality of the King, which mq political intrigue should be persisted to destroy .—Reuter.