BRITISH POLITICS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 January 1924, Page 3

BRITISH POLITICS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION. I. A HOL'P. MINISTRY. LONDON, Jan. 25. AI) tjie Ministers have resigned tlieir trade union positions, including Messrs J. 11. Thomas, Hartshorn, Walsh, Clynes and Shimvell and Miss Margaret, 1 lend field. Further Ministerial appointments are announced as follow: Air Frank Hodges—Civil Lord of the Admiralty. Air Harry Gosling—Al blister of Transport. mf WHY PR FILS WERE CHOSEN. I,ONDON, Jan. 21. Inquiries in Cabinet circles indicate that Lord Chelmsford .and Lord Parmoor were invited to join the Ministry because a certain number of Peers is essential for the carrying on of the King’s Government. Neither could ho '' ‘|>e regarded as it convert to the Labour movement. Both received assurances that Air .MacDonald’s policy would not endanger the stability of Britain or the Empire. Therefore they considered it their duty to tender all possible assistance to carry on the Government. It is claimed that Air .MacDonald has filled the Cabinet posts with remarkable cleverness. No one has lieen given Ministerial authority in a direction in which he has already enunciated any extremist views AT FORETFN OFFICE. LONDON, Jan. 25. The “Daily Telegraph’s” diplomatic correspondent says—Mr Ramsay AlarDon ald has established a notable departure from tradition by starting work at the Foreign Office before ten o’clock.

For generations, the working hours there have been even shorter than the other Government Departments, starting at least an hour later, though the higher officials wore frequently to he found working late in the evening. .MY AlacDonald is determined to spare neither himself nor His subordinates, holding that abnormal times require abnormal efforts. BUSINESS MEN LITTLE PERTURBED. LONDON, JAN. 21. Air Walter Lcafc, presiding at a meeting o,f the London County and AVestminster Bank, said that the politiinl situation was now piquant and interesting, hut from a business man’s point of view, it was not wholly satisfactory. The general eleetion, however, had delivered them, probably for years, from the fear of rash economic experiments, whether in the form of inflation proteetion, or a capital levy. There was no panie, hut some nervousness existed among amateur investors, who should remember that it was easy to lose in American investments quite as much as through any capital levy. The country was recovering with all the steadiness that could reasonably he Imped lor. U only needed the patience, pence and work. “ BRITAIN AND RUSSIA. LONDON, Jan. 21. It is definitely stated that, should the Russian Government bo accorded recognition hv Britain, the appointment of Mr James O'Grady, ALP., as British Ambassador to Afoseow. will he announced immediately. It is the opinion in Alinisterial circles that British diplomatic recognition of Russia is a foregone conclusion as the result of the general election, and as a result also of the attitude of British manufacturers in general.