BRITISH LABOUR

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18463, 26 January 1922, Page 5

BRITISH LABOUR

MODERATE VIEWS EXPRESSED. SPEECH BY MR J. R, CLYNES. ■ Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, January 24. Mr J. R. Clynes (Leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party), who was entertained at a luncheon in the city by the Imperial Commercial Association, said that if Labour were entrusted with Parliamentary responsibility it would seek to make industrial stoppages impossible. Labour would be guilty of the greatest folly if it squght to check or restrain wholesome surprise. Class government, seeking the advantages of one section, however large, would be impossible. In Great Britain every Party, including the Conservatives, had “Diehards,” and similarly Labour had a fringe of extremists wanting it to copy the Russian Soviet’s methods, which were totally* unsuited to British conditions. However, the Party’s programme and personnel did riot reflect such views. Labour realised that Great Britain’s prosperity rested upon an everincreasing output of exports. Good wages and increased efficiency in the methods of production were necessary for a revival of trade.—A. and N.Z. Cable.