DISCUSSED BY ENGLISH LABOUR CONFERENCE.
STRONG OBJECTIONS RAISED
■■■■ ' deceived 3:5^!.(p|lm!, April 8. April 8. ■" At'^tfie'^lEabour (inference, Mr Seddon, pi'oposingf «jjT-resolution, declared ihat'th^.atteatiptiof Souilf Africa, to put down trade unionism was only the forerunner of a similar movement in Britain.
Mr Ramsay Macdonald said1 the Labourites would not agree to the view of self-rgovernment which said that once a colony was a dominion it had a right to use its power to interfere with the principles of British citizenship. He considered the Home Parliament was the source of imperial power, and they must Jhave the right to express their views; whether with regard to South Africa, or Australia. The Indemnity Act was a monstrous piece of iniquitous legislation, against which they ought to protest not merely as Labourites but as men responsible for the liberties of the Empire. Messrs Macdonald land Seddon sail for South Africa shortly.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 20052, 9 April 1914, Page 5
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