PARTY POLITICS IN DISFAVOUR

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19944, 31 October 1934, Page 7

PARTY POLITICS IN DISFAVOUR

VIEWS OF NATIONAL LEADERS as BIG TASK CONFRONTING BRITAIN British Official Wireless (Received October 30, 5.5 p.m.) RUGBY, October 29. . The Prime Minister (Mr Ramsay Macdonald), Mr Stanley Baldwin, and Sir John Simon, and Sir John Simon, were guests of the National Labour Committee at a luncheon given on the eve of the reassembly of Parliament. The Prime Minister, in the course of a speech, expressed the view that the country could not yet afford to return to party politics, and that the work of the National Government, which had done so much to restore stability, must be further developed. Mr Macdonald expressed the determination of the Government to proceed with the Sedition Bill, remarking that it was necessary, in view of the example of what had happened In nation after nation, that they should protect their liberties, against those who were using the freedom of this country to undo that liberty. Mr Macdonald, in reference to the question of defence, said that Britain, in order to give a great move in the direction of peace, had allowed her power of defence to go down until the point of risk had been reached. Mr Baldwin said that everything must be done to maintain the unity which at present existed in the National Government. Sir John Simon also expressed the belief that the existing system of political co-operation must be continued. Mr Stanley Baldwin added that he trembled to think what would be the effect of a weak Government In Britain in the present condition of Europe. “I do not see in the near future,” said Mr Baldwin, "any prospect of returning to the Party dog fight of the old days.” ___