IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

West Coast Times, 27 June 1912, Page 3

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET.

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LONDON, June 2G.

In the House of Commons, -Mr. Churchill, in reply to questions, said the Mediterranean battleships were withdrawn to participate in tho manoeuvres. Before these were over tho House would bo enabled to hear the full statements of the Government’s intention. DEALING WITH UNREST. LONDON. Juno 26. In the House of Commons, Mr. J. Ramsay McDonald’s Bill to make voluntary agreements in the Port of London legally enforcible,' was read a first time. Tho Bill embodies the Labtu. Party’s scheme to present strikes applying the good employers agreement to bad employers. BRITAIN’S TRADE ROUTES. LONDON, June 26. A meeting of the Special Commitfc.'? of the Maritime League, consisting of members of tho House of Commons adopted a resolution in favour of tho immediate arming of a number of merchantmen to act as auxiliary cruisers in war time. These to protect tho unguarded shipping routes. Lord Charles Beresford, in supporting the motion, declared this to be tho quickest, most effective and cheapest method of meeting tho danger.