"DEFEAT INEVITABLE”

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12610, 22 November 1926, Page 7

"DEFEAT INEVITABLE”

LANG GOVERNMENT MAY BE TURNED OUT TO-DAY

LOUGHLIN NAMES HIS TERMS

DICTATORSHIP OF PARLIAMENT FROM OUTSIDE MUST END

The defeat of the New South Wales Labour Government, which took office in October, 1925, is said to be inevitable, and may occur to-day.

By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received November 21, 5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, November 21. In the Legislative Assembly yesterday, Air J. T. Lang, the Premier, emerged victorious from his first clash of arms with Mr P. F. Loughlin, by managing to stave off the ultimate issue* until Monday. When the Assembly met there was a full House. Both parties knew that it was a game of tactics, and that the Government, after Friday’s developments, had been making so desperate a bid to continue in office that it had been suggested that Mr Dooley vacate the Speakership, in order that a member of the Opposition might be appointed, and thus the Ministerialists strengthened rfcmerically. The Premier took early steps to forestall any move by the Opposition, and moved that the House adjourn till Monday. This motion was agreed to, on a purely party division, in which Mr Loughlin voted with the Government. Mr Loughlin, in explanation, •aid he would give Mr Lang an opportunity to put an end to the outside dictatorship of a Parliment by people foreign to Australia and to Australian sentiment. This was his reason for agreeing to tbn adjournment until Monday. If Mr Lang does not give an undertaking that these conditions will he carried out, Mr Loughlin. with his followers, will cross the floor of the House, and thus bring about the defeat of the Government. WILL PREMIER RESIGN? It is stated in the loobies that the main condition on which Air Loughlin and his followers would support the present Government is that Mr Lang

shall resign the Premiership, otherwise they will elect the Government, and enable a Ministry under Mr T. R. Bavin, Leader of the Opposition, to obtain temporary power, prepartorv to going to the country. It is generally conceded that the defeat of the Ministry when the House meets on Alondav is inevitable, SYDNEY, November 20. After the adjournment of Parliament on Friday, Cabinet held a long meeting, which was followed by a hastily-summoned meeting of caucus, but no suggestions toward the settlement of the Cabinet dissension were made. CABINET WITH MR LANG. It is understood that Mr Lang’s colleagues suggested that Mr Loughlin might be informed that Cabinet was fully aware that Air Lang had no desire to become a dictator, nor would he use the powers given him by the Australian Labour Party. It is said that the Premier had the support of the whole Ministry, even of those Alinisters who hail voted against him for the leadership, and that they gave him warm assurances of their faithful support. In these circumstances Cabinet could not agree to Air Lang being dropped. It is believed that farther efforts are being made to placate the three members concerned in the opposition to Mr Lsag— Messrs Loughlin, Goodin, and Gillies. The result* will he reported to a caucus specially summoned for to-morrow night. If these efforts fail it is believed that the three members will vote to defeat the Government, in which event the Speaker (Mr Dooley) will resign from the chair to make the parties even, thus enabling Mr Lang to ask the Governor for a dissolution.