LABOR AND THE LIBERALS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 318, 6 July 1912, Page 5

LABOR AND THE LIBERALS.

A SERIOUS DIFFERENCE. THE LANtTtENURE. Bj Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, July 4. A memorial has been prepared at the Instance of Messrs. Markham and Raphael, M.P.'s, pledging Liberals not to ■upport the Trades Union Bill or other Labor measures if the Labor Party withdraw from the House of Commons. Mr. George Robert, Labor member, at the annual meeting of the Council of the Federated Trades Unions, said that whatever happened the Labor Party intended to defend its right to the Hanley seat Some trades unions are seeking to compel leaders who accepted seats on the Industrial Council to withdraw. Mr. Uullin, cotton trade representative, has already been forced to resign. The shipWrights, engineers, compositors, steel smelters, railwaymen and transporters are similarly agitating, and further resignations are expected. The scope of Mr. Ackland's committeo on the land question includes an investigation of land tenure, land transfer, the incidence of rating, housing problems, and the leasehold system. The British Weekly states that the policy includes the fixing of agricultural rents and the terms of tenancy by a Land Court. The Labor correspondent of the Daily News says that the quarrel between the Labor Party and the Liberals is deeper than the misunderstanding regarding Hanley and Crewe seats, and dates from the employment of troops during the railway 6trike. This wa3 accentuated by the Government's refusal to accept the 6s and 2s amendment to the Miners' Minimum Wage Bill. The Prime Minister's refusal to intervene in the dockers' dispute caused great resentment, also the suspicion that the Government favors compulsory arbitration. The Government has intimated to the Labor Party that if it will withdraw from the impasse IF has produced the Irade Union Bill will be immediately introduced. • THE HANLEY CONTEST. London, July 4. The Laborites are strongly denunciatory of the Government, and there is no sign of a compromise. Mr. Finney, president of the local Miners' Union, is a candidate for Hanley. The Chronicle considers that Mr. South wait e (Liberal) should withdraw. THE CREWE CANDIDATE. Received 5, 10.50 p.m. London, July 5. The Labor Party at Crewe has adopted Mr. Holmes, the Amalgamated Society of Railwaymcns' candidate. A meeting of Labor members of the House of Commons disclosed marked differences of opinion with regard to the ■ituation. It was finally resolved to help the Hanley and Crewe candidates with-. out special Parliamentary action against the Government.