ALLEDGED CRISIS

Hokitika Guardian, 12 November 1930, Page 2

ALLEDGED CRISIS

DENIAL BY MINISTERS. ‘ SUGGESTION IS UNTRUE.” (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, November 9. A communique issued last night from No. 10, Downing Street, states: “The Prime Minister has been inlormixi over the telephone at Chequers that a London paper published a statement regarding the attitude of three of bis colleagues in the Cainet to the re-cently-published Liberal memorandum on unemployment. He lias authorised a, statement that the suggestion that the members o. Cabinet arc divided on this issue is quite untrue.

Moreover, neither by persona tations nor by letter from any mem-

represen-

her, Juts such ii communication as is indicated in the newspaper been made to him.i and the first lie heard <;l il was when lie was informed of the publication of tlie article.”

Ah A. V. Alexander. First Lord of tin Admiralty, said: “I know nothing of this alleged crisis, and I feel certain that my other eolleageus know nothing about it.”

Air George Lnnsbury. First Commissioner of Works, speaking i'i Derbyshire last night, said that, on the broad basis of the principles of policy, there was no disagreement in the Cabinet at all. All the talk of a break-up tvas nonsense. “There is not likely to he a general election under three years, for we will not resign until we are turned out, and I don’t think that will happen because the Opposition cannot agree/’ he said.