BRITISH PARLIAMENT.

Marlborough Express, Volume LIII, Issue 187, 4 July 1919, Page 8

BRITISH PARLIAMENT.

EXCLUSION OF ENEMY ALIENS

A ONE-YEAR EXPERIMENT.

PROTECTION OF) FRANCE

IPbesb Association.] -Australian and N.Z, Cable Association ' (Received July 4, 0.20 p.m.) ,; LONDON, July ,3. The Minister for Pensions has an- < nouncedr that it is intended,, to rtuse pensions {'.rising from death or disablement suffered in former wars to ; the rates fixed for the present war. The standing committee of the House of Commons, by 14 votes to 11, rejected a proposal, fe prevent ■enemy aliens • from „ entering the "United Kingdom1 for seven veal's. ■Seveial members' protested against the Government's non-fulfilment of I its election pledges. : Mr./Shorjtf agreed to- introduce a proposal limiting exclusion to one Tear'ajj an experiment. lieut-Colonel Amery,'. UnderrSecrertary for the Colonies, .replying to Mr 'Tyson Wilson, said that he was aware of the Australian Labor party: conference's resolution passed in April last relating .0 the election of the Governor-Gehie|ii.l' ; and^, protesting against his party > administration. The Colonial Office had'not received any complaints from Australia, and fhe declined to order an inquiry. ' The Treaty- between America, France, and Britain to-secure France :. against aggression has been presented to the House of Commons. It does not impose any obligations on the Dominions unless approved by their Parliaments.