WILD SCENES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21708, 25 January 1934, Page 11

WILD SCENES

LEEDS MEETING JEERS FOR PREMIER SPEECH INTERRUPTED STORM OF DERISION GOVERNMENT'S RECORD Py Teleprnph—Press Association—Copyright (Received January 24, fi.45 p.m.) LONDON. Jan. 21 "You arc not our friend," shouted interrupters when the Prime Minister. Mr. Mac Donald, made reference to the working men as his friends in addressing an audience of 3000 in Leeds. Mr. Mac Donald was opening a platform campaign, tho object of which is Jo place the public statements about the Government's achievements. Jeers and "boobs" punctuated his ppeech. The Prime Minister claimed that the Government had done more to restore warmth/ comfort and blessedness than 1000 hunger marchers could do. This provoked a sjtorm of derision, his opponents screaming and gesticulating jvildly. "Let us build up the machinery of a co-operative world," continued Mr, Mac Donald. "One of the first pieces of it would "be the relation of coinages. I am impatient at the slowness, but tho prills of God grind slowly. "If we.,are going to extend our home market we must find new occupations, for a large amount of labour is not Jikely to be employed in tho old processes. "We have to protect our home Inarket. The, Government is fully Eware that its protection must he taken up by men of energy, determination and enterprise." In addressing an overflow meeting, Mr. Mac Donald was greeted with catcalls and shouts of "Scotch monster," at which he bowed and remarked to his supporters: "Let them howl. They do pot know what they are howling at." A British wireless message states that E detachment of- unemployed men headed by Mr. John McGovern, M.P., left Glasgow on a march to London ' after being joined by 300 other unem- / ployed marchers.

COTTON INDUSTRY JAPANESE COMPETITION STRONG MANCHESTER PROTEST (Received January 24, 7.5 p.m.) LONDON. Jan. 24 A meeting of 2000 people held in Manchester was organised by seven Conservative members of the House of Commons to protest against the inadequacy of the Government's attitude toward Japanese competition in the cotton trade.

A resolution was carried demanding the immediate denunciation of the Anglo-Japanese and most-favoured-nation treaties, and that action be taken to persuade the Dominions to do likewise.

Mr. Shackleton Bailey, member for Manchester, declared that the Japanese had/'no intention of coming to terms. Their delegation had been in England six months without receiving instructions from Tokio.