LABOUR PEERS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 17990, 6 February 1924, Page 9

LABOUR PEERS.

THREE CREATED.

NOT MEMBERS OF COMMONS.

(BY CA3LS—PBES3 ASSOCTATIQK COFTEIGHT.) (P-EUTER's TZLEGEAiIS.)

LONDON, February 4. Tbo following members of the Labour Party have been created peers:— Sir Sidney Oliver, Secretary of Stato for India. Brigadier-General Thomson, Secretary of State for Air. Mr Sydney Arnold, Under-Secre-tary of State for the Colonies. BURNLEY BY-ELECTION. MR HENDERSON STANDING. (azCTzn's TSLEoaiirs.) (Received February sth, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, February 4. Mr Arthur Henderson (Secretary of Stato for Homo Affairs) contests the by-election for Burnley. [Burnley 13 vacant through tho death of Mr Dan. Irving (Labour), who had a majority of 26-52 at the General Election.] REVISION OF TREATIES. URGED BY MR SNOWDEN. (Symey "Suk" Service.) PAJIIS, February 4. "Matin" publishes extracts from an article which Mr Philip Snowden wrote for the Vienna "Neue. Freie Presso,'' allegedly after he became Chancellor of the Exchequer, in which ho says:— That the peace treaties" strengthened the causes of international discord. That British Labour favours complete revision of tho treaties a3 essential to the peace of Europe and the restoration of economic prosperity. That Labour is opposed to French invasion of the Ruhr, also to France's aim to encompass the political destruction of Germany.

That Labour demands the immediate settlement of reparations on generous terms and the reduction of Germany's total reparations to the cost of reconstructing France's devastated regions, and would reject unreasonable claims by small states. That Labour favours reciprocal cancellation of inter-Allied debts. LOW RENTALS FIXED. LABOUR'S HOUSING PLANS. (BY CA.BUE —PRESS ASSOCIATION COPTKIOHT.) (AtTSTQALIAX iKD N.Z. CAB Li; ASSOCIi.~U»T.; LONDON, February 4. Mr James . Stewart, Under-Secretary of Health for Scotland, speaking at Glasgow, announced that the Glasgow Corporation would not be allowed to build houses in excess of 24 to the acre when, reconstructing the slum areas. Mr Stewart added that the Labour Party intended that people should occupy the houses the Corporation built at a rental of £l4 to £ls per annum. The State would have to bear a burden of £40,000,000 per annum for housing, which was not much, considering the war debt. Labour would ask Parliament to give the Government powers to mako trusts sell materials at reasonable prices, otherwise the Government would produce the material themselves.