MILITARY SERVICE ACT

Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 15046, 14 April 1919, Page 5

MILITARY SERVICE ACT

A CLAUSE WITHDRAWN

THE TRANSPORT BILL

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association)

London, April 10. Mr Winston Churchill, in the House of Commons, in consequence of the vigorous criticism of Till parties, withdrew the clause from the Army Bill under which; statements or acts likely to prejudice recruiting, training, or administration; involve liability to sis months' imprisonment. ■ Several newspapers claim that tne climb-down is a triumph for liberty o£ speech. , In the discussion on the Transport Bill, Mr Bonar Law said the Government would submit to the House of Commons any scheme involving an expenditure of £1,000,000. Sir Edward Carson welcomed the concession, arid suggested that a million was possibly too high.