BRITISH POLITICS

Otago Witness, Issue 3714, 19 May 1925, Page 24

BRITISH POLITICS

CHURCH OF SCOTLAND BILL. LONDON, May 13. The House of Commons has read a third time the Church of Scotland Bill. SUMMER RECESS. LONDON, May 12. The Labour Opposition in the House of Commons has decided to move the rejection of the Government’s Pensions Bill pending knowledge of the length of the summer recess. GOLD STANDARD BILL. LONDON, May 13. The House of Lords read the Gold Btandard Bill a third time without discussion. PEDIGREE STOCK. LONDON, May 14. The House of Lords read a third time the importation of the pedigree animals Bill. THE BOLSHEVIST MENACE. LONDON, May 15. In the cobrse of a speech the Homs Secretary (Sir W. Joynson-Hicks) alluded to the Bolshevist menace. He said: ‘‘We are willing to let the other countries In the world >tve, but we will not allow them to interfere with our Constitution. We are bound to take notice of tho Communist movement which is controlled by Moscow, and we u>f>l] arm ourselves with power affectively -« deal with it. We do not

intend that this country shall degenerate into a Communist republic. We have to see that the necessary steps are taken to deal with this great menace from the East and Russia. We are tired of the influx of men to this country who are coming here to embitter class hatred and to destroy our Constitution. THE FOREIGN SECRETARYSHIP. LONDON, May 17. Sunday papers deny emphatically the report that Mr Austen Chamberlain contemplates resigning. THE SILK TAX. LONDON, May 17. Opposition to the silk tax is strengthening. The Sunday papers of all shades unanimously condemn it. The Sunday Times does not think the tax will survive the destructive criticism pouring in upon it and declares that Mr Winston Churchill thought ho was taxing a luxury, but he now knows he is taxing a vital raw materials.