BRITISH LABOR CONFERENCE.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 October 1925, Page 1

BRITISH LABOR CONFERENCE.

COMM EXISTS NOT WANTED. LIVELY DEBATE. [Australia A X.X. Cable Association.] LONDON'. Sept. 21). The f.abotlr ('iiiiferetiee adopted the Kxt" tnive’s ret out mend at ions ana ins t the afiilialion of Cominunists with the Labour Party by 2.0:0,(MO votes against 4811.(00, The I nul’eren'C re.ieeted a third Comtnunist attempt 10 refer ilie matter back. The debate was lively. Mr Arthur Henderson said the Executive eoiisidored it utidesirahh' to waste any further time on this qiiestion. wliieh the Labour Movement bud already decided. -Mr Poiliit declared that t'liatever the Conferetiee did. it could not keep the Communists out. He aildetl that the Labour Party should he vide enough to include not merely thu-e who dine-d tit .Balmoral like .Mr Rani-av .MacDonald, or stayed on a yacht at (\iwe-; with Lord I m-hajie. like Mr I. 11. Thomas. Mr Bromley (the locomotive men's dclegahel said that the decision of the '•onlerenee meant tin- beginning of a heresy hunt in the ranks of the Trade I’n ions. Mr llauirsay MacDonald wu~ cheered when he fold the Communists to come out of the Trades Unions and lo propagate their opinions honestly outside. I la- Labour Party eonl’ereiiee's decision means that British Trades I’n-i'-nois are overwheltningly opposed to the iie-.ls. Ii re) resents the mosl (•rushing blow they have received. The Chairman. Mr Cramp, in a most sfronely-wonlcd condemnation, aid. “We would be false to the pioneers of thi~ eront movement if we bailed to reallirm the creative democratic principles in v. liicii wo believe and if we failed to repudiate the barren, destructive policies, which a tint minority has tried to force us to accept. We now have the op|.ortiiriil y to (five tin- lie to the charm- tliaf British Labour i- movin'.' towards a dcslriiotive uplii'aval of .society- towards a fined revolution towards the -!atie;liter oi men and iimioti in insurreet ing outbreaks. Ii i- cur duty lo -talc, clearly and firmly. where Labour stands, what she demands, and what methods she will pursue for attainment of those demands. Air IJam-ny Mm--Donald -aid : "If I v-ere a Coinmuni-t I would mil a-k you to have me in-idc! 1 would :-av “I am going to form a Pariv which will

he an i atom isi ic to you; I am going ’to e-1 ab | j -11 a rival party, and Coil defend •be when tin- clash conn-.-1” Mr Pollitt. (la- spokesman for the Itliuorily. angrily i-ind -iuned the ( onferm 1 dee: - ion . sayiny: “We will net in one way or another I” At this a del,-yak- observed : "By fair means or fouL” Mr Be,on. the Dockers’ K.C.. In on cpi-dlv sir 11 ly. con Icmnation of tlie Communist-- -xid: “The < ' miuuuI.t- cannot, ennseieui imi-ly reconcile llicir ba.-.is with the ba-i- ,d evolutionary denim racy for which Labour -laiiiL. The workers ol England ward people in be -iroi'dii with them. Much rot ha- been toll.cd about the (otliniuiiists helpiuo llii- reeen* industrial j trouble. Men* Labourites did nm euro a twopenny damn tvlmt- Ih<* i’"ds were sayintr. Thcv were only eoinvnier| With the ]iloblem that I'llf own brothm - were involved.” PItKSS views. LONDON. Sept. ."id. The “Daily Herald” declares Hint the Labour Party Conference, hv its votes, ba- reaHirim d babmir’s belief in the capacjiy ol deniocraev. 1 hronyh ii- deniO' rat ic ill -1 iI ui ions, to achieve the tra nsjoriiia t mu ol ('apil.lli-in into Socialism, in an orderly peaceful way. The “Aloruinp Post.” in an editorial a 1-011,1., that the Cmnni uni-is are inttcli striiiujer. and the Parliamentary Socialists an- weaker than the Labour ( oulr-i cu. i 1 miic- indicate. Tin “DaiK Telegraph” • un.l, ,-i- - ibat the -.iemleanc, m the Labour ('.in fcreui-e must not be exaeei-ra led |.■ r the ( 'inituiini-t-. i 1 -ay-. have In--inuated their programme mi tin- C„u--I,■ I',• tli ,- .e.mnda. , c “Dads News” say- : “No , i ,-rit ic .a n maintain in lutm •• 'bit tic lb I! i'll L.iLmM Party i- .1 CoinI: ,1 ! : Parts. Wl'. ilim il„ Parts .-.ill I able absolutely to exclude ‘lie Cmnmnni-1- from it- rank- remains The vexed '|ilestion of the recrtlilnieii! of an Army Supplementary 'Reserve. which taised Midi an mi; ry anionn the trade unions early in the pre-ent year. was. raised ajinitt at the Latiour Parly’s eoiiferenee. wlien a re. solution, calling on the nteinbers of the narty to rel’u-e In ;niii sva- 1111:111 isly adopted The Miners’ Leader. .Mr J. ( V.ok. ifnmiuccd that a .loin! Committee of the Trade l'nii.ll Congress, the Labmir Party and the Parbamentarv Cnmmit(er-. was draftin'.; a scheme for I lie tin (i, nut I i-a li< in oi mines ho* subnii-Jon to the Labour Movement, and for -tiLSe.pient j'li'O-eu 1 al imi hi Parliatneitt. The main pritteiples are settled, but the ,| ue-tion of conllscation. or cuntpeiisatimi has not yet been deciiled. SAKLATVAI.A’H (‘ASK. N'l'.W A'DRK. Hepi. fiO. The Inter-Parliamentary I’ttions ('ouuell passed a resolution that, in future, Kxt feme Uadieals mas be eliminated front participation in the umolib ial “Parliament of Parliaments,’ Actinir on a protost from Air Haklatvala arratn.-t wliei he catted the extra.irdinarv -ten hv |li.> T'nited Htnfes (ioventment in revoking hi- passport visa, the Cmmcil adopted ;i resolution staiithi' that: "Tt recognises that (he \ n erica n Coverin',lent has the riuht 1 1 enforce it- ov.n law-, and therm ov cannot discii-s the merit- and demerits of this case.” AVith the British delegation of 10 almost unanimously hackiti" Afr IColloe’s a-tirp revolt in 2 Afr Haklrit vain’s visa, the officials of the TV. ion express the hone that nothin." more will he heard of the matter.