DEBATE AT CANBERRA.
LABOUR MOTION DEFEATED. CANBERRA, Sept. 25. During a debate in the Senate on the Abyssinian situation, Senator Codings (Labour) submitted a proposal asking the Government to instruct its delegates to the League of Nations that the Commonwealth is opposed to any action, implied or committed, likely to involve Australia in war. Senator McLachlm (PostmasterGeneral) described the doctrine of Australia’s non-participation as “devilish.” It was tantamount to saying that Australia should withdraw from the League and permit the Covenant to be treated as a scrap of paper. The proposal was negatived on a strictly party vote.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 256, 26 September 1935, Page 7
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98DEBATE AT CANBERRA. Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 256, 26 September 1935, Page 7
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