KEIR HARDIE AGAIN.
LOYALTY AND INSANITY. SAYS KINGS A PROOF OF LUNACY. EXTRAORDINARY SPEECH. 6s TalesraDb—Press Association—CoDyrlizllt. (Rec. July 26, 0.40 a.m.) London, July 25. Mr. Keir Hardie, Labour member for Merthyr Tydvil, in a speech at Ghestor-lc-Street. said he regarded the existence of kings as a proof of lunacy among their peoples. Sane people would insist on ruling and governing themselves. It was a profound mistake to imagine that the workers of the country were intensoly loyal. The cost of maintaining 'the Royal Family was £790,000 a year. This was a scandalous waste.Both parties in the House of Commons, however, trooped into the same lobby, leaving the Labour party. and a few conscientious Radicals to do their best to oppose this waste. -
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 878, 26 July 1910, Page 7
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123KEIR HARDIE AGAIN. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 878, 26 July 1910, Page 7
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