HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 79, 2 March 1929, Page 9

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

MORE DISTURBANCES. POLICE CALLED IN. (Australian Press Association —United Service). LONDON, Feb. 28. Headed by a well-known Communist, twenty of the unemployed who took part in the march to London called at Downing Street to-day and attempted to see Mr Baldwin. On being refused they went to Parliament, and spent an hour or two in the Central Hall. They sent in cards to various members of the Labour Party, who came out and chatted with them. Before leaving the unemployed concertedly began singing the “Red Flag,” rendering themselves liable to ejection for creating a disturbance. The police were not altogether surprised, and approached- the disturbers in force. They unceremoniously led the men, who did not offer serious resistance, to the door, but they did not use force or make arrests. In consequence of the incident, following last night’s scene, stricter rules are being enforced with regard to the House ot Commons. Visitors have to send in cards at the main entrance, and are not permitted the usual privilege of going straight to the Central Hall.

OUTSPOKEN SPEECH. PEER’S CRITICISM. (Australian Press Association). Received March 2, 9.5 a.m. LONDON, March 1. There was suprise caused in the House of Lords to-day at - an outspoken speech by Lord Salisbury. Lord Salisbury criticised the House of Commons, whose existence the Upper Chamber usually ignores, while the members of the House of Commons refer to .the Second Chamber as “another place.” Lord Salisbury declared that the Government’s cliances at the polls were much less favourable than they were eighteen months ago. He lamented the dangers of a weak Second Chamber, for which the responsibility of the Government was a grave one. It seemed as though the great days of our Parliamentary institutions were passing or had passed. The House of Lords had great merits, but its apathy was undeniable, while nobody pretended that the House of Commons enjoyed the same respect it did formerly. Both Houses had lost the confidence of the country. Lord Salisbury added that he viewed the future with dismay.