AFFAIRS IN BRITAIN.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16252, 1 July 1918, Page 8

AFFAIRS IN BRITAIN.

tttp*. LABOUR conference. (By Cable.—Prqpe Aasociation.-rCopyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, June 28. The British Workers' League, in a '. manifesto, protests against the Labour Conference's unpatriotic vote in breaking the party truce, and calls on LaV, boor Ministers to give the only possible reply by appealing to their constituents, thereby destroying the snipers of whom they complain. Otherwise, the manifesto says, Ministers will destroy . themselves politically. (Received June 30th. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, June 29. The Labour Conference resolved to ■ odd equal rights for -women to Labour's - political, platform, including equal pay • and equal civil liberties. Tho Conference passed a resolution in ■■ ■. favour of immediate Home Rule for Ireland, Mr O'Grady appealing to the statesmen from the Dominions to insist 'on a settlement. The Conference agreed to conscription of "wealth, in view of the war expendi- . tare, with exemption below ilitXiO sterling. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. i ' LONDON, June 28. In the House of Commons, in the debate on the hardships of conscription on (men. over 45. Mr Lloyd George, replying, said that the oMer men were need»ed for work behind the fighting lines. It woul<J he folly to put them iq the trenches." It was true, that Americans I were coming, and they preferred .to be ' brigaded with British divisions, but 1 thab was on the distinct understanding that .when the comb-out was com- ' dieted British would taike the place of Americans, who would then form their £ own divisions. That was an honour- « able understanding, under which President Wilson would readily send a very > large force of Americans to France. In consequence of the recent agita- «' tian against aliens, the Government has a Bill granting the a Home Secretary wide powers? including the rei Evocation of aliens' naturalisation oorti--1 ficates if their continuance is not oon- ' '' ,ducive to the public good. \1; Jt is understood .that the GoVern>>inent is closing German baijks iinmedij '; ately,and that the Treasury is taking 'H * over' securities, providing money. • V o - A~t» influenza epidemic is spreading in P'' London and the provinces. There have 'been two deaths in north-east Lancashire/ where somo mills and schools are * closed. It • may be necessary' to close £ kinemas and churches. F l<, *Mr Winston Churchill,- Minister of iAUoniiions, i speech at the *"of the anniversary of A -Greece's entry into the war, said that i'_„ Russia was not dead and would never - 4je.. All the jackbooters of Potsdam £ ' would not trampleout the soul of Rusj=A!",sia.' a American armies were pouring $ ahto T Prance, and Italy had gained a decisivevictory over the whole remain-. If military power. Despite # j'her : Viotories, Germany was downcast; > 'despite' disappointments, our hearts as ever ; as we could see Qsvthe: ever-gnawing certitude approach of |P final and, ultimate victory.; V ' NEW ZEALAND AID' ■ fix " DETACHMENT. £f LONDON, June 28. S 'it "is announced that a New Zealand ,- aid • detachment is being Informed in London, with Miss Mackensiie as commandant. ' ' AMERICAN VIEW OF KING .GEORGE.', j 'j uid N.Z. Coblo Association.) Ssvif" (Received June 80th, 5.5 p.m.) . - WASHINGTON, June 28. 1?" The '-'New York Times" editorially p eulogises King George's fine democratic " [spirit as exemplified by the King and Vi Queen attending an' American canteen London andeatiiijj buckwheat cakes "and -other plain fare. The -paper - adda: —"King George is f'icvery uich a democrat. He spends his; ' £aya lik& any one of his subjects, and loves *to talk, with the soldiers. King r, George has shown that a king can bo genuine democrat. He is a lover of liberty, and is and soul in the war ' - against autocracy." i V •• ' • i 1 ' •