BRITISH LABOUR PARTY.
INTERNAL DIFFERENCES.,
By Telegraph.—Press Association—Oopyrisht London, January ?0.; The; Labour . party's ( conference has adopted a rule enforcing discipline within tho party in t"ho Houso'of Commons. l
Mr. Will Thome, M.P; for West Ham, and thirteen Socialists, 6aid they wouH never agree with the twimty-seven traae unionists on cconoinic questions. , The Parliamentary Party was instructed by 850 votes to 437 to oppose any Franchise Bill which .excludes women.
Mr. Philip' Snowden, M.P. for Blackburn, said that Labour should demand a Government woman suffrage measure. Tho women's position was infinitely worse than a year ago. A divided Cabinet must not obstruct tho expressed will of & majority of the House of Commons. '■
■ !The Labour newspaper, tho "Daily Herald," describes the conference at Lambeth as a greater farce than usual. The: delegates aro only ; there to register the decrees of the inner caucus. .
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1663, 1 February 1913, Page 5
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