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RULES FOR MINISTERS.

IESSONS OF MARCONI AFFAIR. MR. ASQUITH'S HOMILY. ON PUBLIC DUTY AND PRIVATE INTERESTS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, Juno 21. In the course of his speech during the Marconi debate in tho House of Commons, Mr. Asquith enumerated certain rules of prudence. Ministers, ho said, should abstain from transactions where private interests and public duty might conilict, and should not use official knowledge for privato ends, or use official influence in furtherance of contracts in which they had undisclosed private interest. Also, they should not accept favours from persons seeking contractual relations with the State, or take part in speculative investments where, in their official capacity, they had information not possessed by the public. Ministers should avoid even a colourable infraction of these rules. Sir Edward Grey, after referring to tho imputations of dishonour and corruption which had been so freely bandied about the country, concluded by declaring that whatever tho House did it would be unable to right all the wrongs that had been done to the Ministers concerned. A majority of the labourites voted for Sir W. Adkins's amendment, but Messrs. Jowett, Snowdon, T-liorne, S. Walsh, and O'Grady, and also the O'Brienites, abstained from voting. Messrs. D. Mason, Martin, anil Munro-Fergusson (Liberals) voted tvitli the minority. The amendment was afterwards put as the substantive motion, and agreed to without division. Mr. Adkins's amendment: "That this House accepts the two Ministers' expression of regret in connection with the purchases of American 'Marconis,' and the fact that these were not mentioned in the October debate, acquits them of acting otherwise than in good faith, and re-' probates tho wholly false charges of corruption brought against Ministers." was afterwards put as a substantive motion and carried without a division. THE SAVING SPEECHES. MR. ASQUITH AND MR, BAWOUB. London, June 20. Leading Unionist papers deplore the fact that the House did not riso above partisanship.

The "Daily Mail" says the debate should have ended when Sir Rufus Isaacs and Mr. Lloyd-George confessed their error and quitted the House. Some Unionist papers regard Mr. Bondr Law's rejection of Sir W. Adkins's compromise as a mistake. Tho "Times" considers that it was mainly owing to Mr. Asqnith's and Mr. Balfour's fine speeches that the House of Commons emerged from a very critical ordeal with more credit than eeonied at OHo.thuo probable.

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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1783, 23 June 1913, Page 5

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RULES FOR MINISTERS. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1783, 23 June 1913, Page 5

RULES FOR MINISTERS. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1783, 23 June 1913, Page 5

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