LABOUR-SOCIALISM.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 420, 1 February 1909, Page 7

LABOUR-SOCIALISM.

AN EMPIRE CONFERENCE. >

PROPOSAL BY THE BRITISH PARTY.

AN ALTERCATION,

iBT TELEOrUPB—PHESS ABSOOUTioN-HJOPTRiaHT.)

(Rec. January 31, 4.15 p.m.) London, January 81. ; The Conference of the Labour party. at Portsmouth, on the motion of the President (Mr, Keir Hardie), passed the following rel solution:—. ■.'■. . i' .-:'• ; That the Exeoutive ask the Labour , ,and Socialist organisations of ' the Empire whether they favour the hold- , ing of an All-British Labour Conference m 1910 to consider "matter? of '...' interest common ~to the working - class of all parts of the Empire; and - ;: that the Executive proceed to make ' the necessary arrangements for the ■, conference if: the replies are in the . affirmative. " : , , . ■ lit. Keir Hardie dwelt on the success of Labour in politics ia the Commonwealth, and added:—"Now that Labour has come into its own, it appears to us desirable to get closer, relationship with our comrades throughout the Empire in all matters appertaining to the welfare of the people." , ! ,•.' . ■ A Declaration for Socialisation; .By a small majority .the conference resolved in favour of socialisation of the means of production and distribution, and. the complete emancipation of labour:from' the domination of capitalism- and landlordism. ■.'■'-■."..■■-

_ [The last.Conferenceof the Labour party, held '»■ January of last year, at Hull, carried, by 514,000 votes to 469,000, the following, resolution, moved by Mr. J.. J.: Stephenson,;, of the Enßi: neers Union:-"Thai in'the opinion of this conVerene6.the tune has arrived when the Labour party.should have as.,a definite object, the socialisation: of.the means of production,, distribution, and exchange, to be controlled by a democratic State in the interest of the en'tiro Community; andtho complete emancipation of labour from the domination of capitalism and landlordism, with the establishment of social ana,economic equality between the sexes.''! •■' ; ■A.'resolution to prevent members; or candidates of the Labour, party' appearing on .the same platform as;'members of capitalist parties was negatived by ..a large- majority. ;It led. to stormy i altercations'. between. Messrs. Ben':Tfflett-.and .Quelch '(Socialistic gates) on the one hand, and Messrs. Ramsay. Macbonald, Shackletbn, and Henderson (Labour party ka'ders) onthe other hand..,: ; -/ ' -in tho Interests of School Children.; .The conference; by .a large majority/ passed a. resolution in favour/of the abolition of the' half-time system, raising ;the. school age to sixteen years, and'secular education. -.By a large majority it rejected State' maintenance of school children, but agreed to the necessity; of medical inspection' and compulsory feeding of ischool children.;' , v ;' •.'•■. \'■ The v iiext conference will be held at Newport, in Monmouthshire. '-'■■'".;"' . ' '■':. .;' ,,: : DEPORTATION/OF COLOURED:ALIENS. ; (Reb. February 1, : 0.60 a.m.); ,; . . i v ; ; Sydney, January 31. ;, The Labour Conference carried a resolution to the effect that all coloured'aliens', be 'deported in 1920. : .:^: ; ';:: \;. .';: : . ; . ■■;,