BRITAIN'S IRAK MANDATE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19142, 7 October 1925, Page 11

BRITAIN'S IRAK MANDATE.

RETENTION BEYOND 1928. OPPOSITION OF MINISTERS. CHANGE IN POLICY WANTED. By Tolegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received 9.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z. LONDON. Oct. 6. Political correspondents of the newspapers attach importance to the first meeting to-day of tho Cabinet since the recess. It is understood that the Earl of Birkenhead and other members of tho Ministry will object to Britain continuing her responsibilities in Irak beyond 1928. They hope to secure the change in policy which Mr, L. C. M. S. Amery recently outlined. The Cabinet meeting will assist the Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, to frame his speech for the Conservative Conference to bo held at Brighton on Thursday. This the country is eagerly awaiting. Public interest, in what the Prime Minister will have to say has been quickened by a speech delivered by the Earl of Derby at a luncheon at which he presided, given by tho. Liverpool Conservative Club, in honour of the Home Secretary, Sir W. .Toynson-Hicks. The earl said that when the present Government was elected it had a mandate to smash communism, and not to remain for 25 years in Irak. The Conservatives were somewhat uneasy in that respect. GOVERNMENT'S BITTY. EARL OF DERBY'S SPEECH. MOSUL AND COMMUNISM. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 12.55 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 5. The Daily Express says the speech of the Earl of Derby has created a first-class sensation and has administered a crushing blow to the Government's Mosul policy. Giving its version of the speech the paper states:—"Tho Earl said: 'Speaking frankly as a candid friend of the Government, something is making the Conservatives uneasy.' He unexpectedly continued: 'lf the Government had a mandate when it was elected it was not to remain for 25 years in Irak—it was for another purpose. Everybody supported the Conservatives. It was because they saw the head of communism being raised and attempts being made to Russianise Britain. Supporters wanted the Government to scotch any such attempts. I ask you what have you done about communism ? I believe you have done something but, at present, I do not know what it is. If you have not thq power to deal with communism make it,.' "