A DEFIANT LABORITE.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15194, 14 April 1917, Page 5

A DEFIANT LABORITE.

REFUSES TO LEAVE LABOUR. TARTY. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Services.) Received April 14. 11.30 a.m. SYDNEY, April., 14. Mr Brookheld has refuwed to ol>ey the Political Labour Party and resign from the Labour Parly. Interesting developments are likely to follow. At the Labour Council meeting a delegate declared tha,t unless Labour won the Federal elections, conditions similar to those in vogue in New Zealand would be brought about. There if a man struck work military officers put their hands on hia shoulder and aaid: "Come on; off you go to France." The situation in New Zealand M r ae due to the workers not doing their duty in political matters.

Brookfield in a member of the 1.W.W., and recently stated at Broken Hill that he would not spill one drop of his blood for any nag, the Union Jack included, while millions of people were allowed to starve and a few were allowed to make millions of pounds' profit out of a war. He defied the Labour Party to expel him from the party or from the Labour movement.