THE KING'S VISIT TO RUSSIA.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9254, 5 June 1908, Page 1

THE KING'S VISIT TO RUSSIA.

• fROTEST OF THE LABOUR PARTY , INCIDENTS. IN THE HOUSE OF ; * COMMON^. , United Press Association— By Electrio Telegraph— Copyright. LONDON, June 4. In the House of Commons Mr J. A. J?e,ase. Junior Lord of the Treasury, )nformed Mr Will Thorne regarding the labourite memorial to Sir Edward Grey torging the abandonment of the King's Visit to Russia, that Sir Edward Grey, the Foreign Secretary, was unable to >dvise King Edward to abandon his Jrisit. Mr Thorne asked : " Does that mean that the Government acquiesces in the brutal murders and outrages that have Occurred in Russia?" The question was received with protests, amidst which the Speaker retmked Mr Thorne. ' Later Mr Keir Hardie complained of ! Ithe clerks at the table of the House Refusing to. accept a question enumerating the execution of political prisoners in Russia and suggesting that Britain should threaten to withdraw |ier ambassador if Russia persisted in H»er present internal policy. The Speaker ruled that the first part i>f the question, instead of asking, conveyed information, and, secondly, it )pras no part of the British GovernKnentfA business to manage the internal Ibffairs of a friendly State. i Mr Keir Hardie said he considered that the ruling was a curtailment of Jfche rights of the House. . The Speaker denied this and repeated ■fiis second point.