BRITISH POLITICS
[Australian <fc N.Z. Cable Association.] DEBATE IN COMMONS. LONDON, April 21. Tn tbo House of Commons, Air Alan Burgoyne moved a motion in favour of rigorous measures to suppress revolutionary propaganda being carried on in Britain and other parts of the Empire among civil populations and among the armed forces with the object of overthrowing the constitution. Mr Saklatvala, the Communist. M.P., declared that any such propaganda amongst the Army was not for the purpose of causing a mutiny to-morrow, but in preparation for the coming Socialist revolution. Sir W. Joynson Hicks (Home Minister), replying, pointed out that Britain had been built up for freedom of opinion, thought and speech, but he said that when Englishmen tried to bring about changes by armed revolution, it was the duty of Hie Government to intervene. The motion was talked out.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 April 1926, Page 3
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