THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 February 1923, Page 1

THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT.

AUSTRALIAN ANIJ N.Z. CAi'.LG ASSOCIATION. * l;li ITTSIJ PCM. I TICS. LONDON, IM-I, 17. In lln' Commons in tlio course of ;i tleliiilc on tlio Atldross-in-I{oj»!.v. Mr Phillip Snowden declared it would he ii happy day for France when she threw ofF the domination of militarists. The fundamental cause of-the present situation was the crime committed at Versailles under the so-called peace treaty, which violated all conditions of the armistice. .Never was a beaten nation .so dismembered and tortured. The Government policy was weak and contemptible. The French action meant another war a decade lienee. France’s chief aim was the economic destruction of (Germany and the further dismemberment of her territory. Mr IT. Arney (Liberal. South j Shields) declared that Britain having | disarmed Germany, had made France j the most powerful military nation in tho world. Britain’s attitude of belie- J violent, neutrality could not long be maintained. He urged Government to; take stronger action and disarm French action. LONDON. Fch 18. For the first time in the new Parliament. thp three Opposition parties are uniting in support of a joint Liberal amendment, cabled nn the 13th. Sir .1. Fisher. .Mr Lloyd George ami Sir John Simon will speak in support of it. Leslie Wilson sent the Ministerialists if special whip, declaring the amendment was tantamount to a vote of censure. Mr Ramsay .McDonald speaking at Cardiff said there was sonic miseppre-ln-usion regarding Labour's attitude towards Ruhr. The Fnlente still existed. hut if France could send an invading army to Ruhr she could pay her debts to Britain. If, as France contended, the Germans could pay reparations, it. was thousandfold easi. r for France to meet her obligations. Tlie" “Westminster Gazette” states: .Mr Bonar Law. the Premier, is feeling the strain of tlio House of Commons. Ilis friends arc anxious. They believe his health would he sufficient if h ■ had ,1 rongcr colli;tigllOs. Overtures may he made to Mr Chamberlain and Sir R. Horne, who arc more free to list en. H- is now evident that Mr l.loyd George is tending in the direi lion of tla ‘•left” rather than the “right.” The threo Opposition Parties, for the iirst lime in the new Parliament, are uoiliiur to support of a joint Liberal ,no ndineiit lo t lie Addl’i ss-ill-l!eply. TV Conservative Whip Itiis m-ii! out :■ p.-nial whip, telling Government supporters that this amendment is tantamount to a vote of censure.