BRITISH LABOUR CONGRESS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 240, 28 June 1918, Page 5

BRITISH LABOUR CONGRESS

POLITICAL TRUCE DISSOLVED KERENSKY ADDRESSES THE CONFERENCE (Kec. June 27, 8.10 p.m.) „„ n , LondJii, Juno 2C. the Conference of the British Labour I arty was opened under the presidency of In;. W. V. Purely, Voreign delegates mcluuo Herr Branting, M. Albert! ihomas, Kerr van do Velde, and Herr Huysnians.

Mr. Purdy urged the desirability uf allying the industrial wing of iho Labour movement to tlio political wing, but they must not forget that all plans for I'cconstructiou and hopes for tho rebuilding of a better social and industrial life after the war depended on the ' cardinal fact of winning the war. Labour all tho world ever had evarything to gain by crushing tho domination if militarism. The Russian and Rumanian peace terms showed what terms the Central Empires' would impose if th?y were Notorious. Wo uoull not, and would not, accept such terms, Mr. Purely added: "The war aims of tho trado unions and the Labour movement represent what we are fighting for, not what we are negotiating for. In order to secure those aims national unity is essential, and national necessities must be made the measure of mutual loyalty in, the face of . comnio.'i dangers."— Renter. KERENSKY ADDRESSES THE CONFERENCE. DISORDER AND INTERRUPTIONS FOLLOW. (Ree. June 2", 9.5 p.m.) London, Juno 2G. M. Kcreusky received a flattering reception, which ho said ho appreciated as an expression of sympathy to tho Russian democracy, which had been fighting for ideals common to -them all. His duty as a statesman and a Socialist was to tell tho conference and the people of the whole world that tho Russian people and the Russian democracy were fighting against tyranny. 11. lvcrensky concluded: "You may break the Russian people, but you cannot exterminate them. lam certain that tho Russian people will shortly join you in fighting for the great cause of freedom." Disorder and interruptions followed, in the course. of . which . a delegate, who objected to tho presence- of M. Kercnsky, was expelled. • M. Kercnsky has been invited to address tho conference at greater length to-morrow.—Reuter. POLITICAL TRUCE 3ISSOLVED. (Rec. Juno 27. 9.5 p.m.) London, Juno 26 Tho Labour Conference is considering a motion recommending.tho termination of tho political truce. Mr. Arthur Henderson said that when Mr Lloyd George's Government came into oltico the Labour Parly was asked to sign a fresh truce, but refused. Therefore, no truce existed with tho present Government. Ho would not be a party to changing the Government during the war. If iho executive felt that the time had come to withdraw its members from the Government it should have boldly faced the conference with such a resolution.-^ The Labour Conference, by 1,704,1100 votes to 951,000, resolved, to dissolve (he political tnico.-A.us.-N7j. Cablo Assn.

,\ SECESSION- FROM THE LABOUR COUNCIL. (Kec. Juno 27, 10.5 p.m.) London, Juno 26. The Firemen and Deckhands' Union has withdrawn its nftilialjon with the Labour Council as a protest against, the latter's anti-conscription resolution.— Aua.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. '